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Schamber, Jon F.; Mahoney, Sandra L. – Journal of General Education, 2008
This study investigates the claim that a community-based learning experience of short duration in a first-year general education seminar can result in valid and measurable civic learning outcomes. Through the use of a mixed methods design, this study probes two essential outcomes of civic learning advanced by Saltmarsh (2005), the acquisition of…
Descriptors: Social Justice, General Education, Seminars, Democratic Values
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Lott, Charlotte E.; And Others – Liberal Education, 1997
Describes the objectives and design of the service learning program at Chatham College (Pennsylvania). Discusses the characteristics of service learning found to be effective: student preparation for service projects; participation; and reflection on the experience, begun by writing a student journal and continued in classroom discussion and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Objectives, Experiential Learning, General Education