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Morris, Nicholas A. – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2019
Since its inception, the education for sustainable development (ESD) movement in higher education has been doomed. Its standards of sustainability, bound to measures of development which suggest human flourishing is equated with the western ideals, is precisely the double-bind Chet Bowers so passionately stood against. His critical perspective on…
Descriptors: Parks, Environmental Education, Sustainable Development, Ecology
Finley, Ashley – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2016
For over a decade, the national Bringing Theory to Practice (BTtoP) project has promoted the idea that well-being is an essential outcome of college students' learning and civic engagement. The project emphasizes the full promise of a liberal education: to be liberally educated is to possess the complex skills and abilities necessary for…
Descriptors: Well Being, College Students, Liberal Arts, Skill Development
France-Harris, Antoinette; Burton, Christie; Mooney, Mara – Online Learning, 2019
Scholars widely agree that community-engaged learning can significantly improve the learning experience for students while simultaneously having a positive impact on the community. This paper explores student perceptions in online pre-professional undergraduate courses in the legal studies and human resources management fields in which…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Models, Online Courses, Legal Education (Professions)
Raymond, Chad – Journal of Political Science Education, 2017
This article discusses the use of community partnerships to produce civic engagement. In two undergraduate courses during the Fall 2016 semester, students created products that met the stated needs of local nonprofit organizations. Students indicated a positive reaction to their experiences in qualitative assessment instruments, and the community…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Partnerships in Education, Undergraduate Students, Student Projects
Harrop-Allin, Susan – Music Education Research, 2017
Inspired by local arts community engagement initiatives and community music interventions internationally, Wits University (in Johannesburg, South Africa) developed a model of service learning that links the intentions, methodologies and purposes of these domains to promote student learning and benefit communities. This paper examines the quality…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Education, Service Learning, Community Programs
McLean, Lorna R.; Truong-White, Hoa H. – McGill Journal of Education, 2016
Previous scholarship has examined how teachers' civic knowledge and conceptions of citizenship influence their goals, pedagogical practices, and confidence in teaching citizenship, but few studies have probed how teacher candidates develop identities as civic educators through community service-learning projects. This case study draws upon Baxter…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Service Learning, Preservice Teacher Education, Professional Identity
Duby, Paul B.; Ganzert, Charles F.; Bonsall, David L. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2014
This chapter is a case study of one institution's effort to institutionalize a process through which student development is promoted through active engagement with the community.
Descriptors: Student Participation, Case Studies, Student Development, School Community Programs
Jurmu, Michael – Journal of Geography, 2015
Even as service-learning has become more prevalent in higher education as a high-impact teaching methodology, barriers still exist to its implementation by some instructors. One concern is the perception of these types of activities infringing upon course content. This article outlines an example of an introductory service-learning project for an…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Barriers, Physical Geography, Teaching Methods
Steele, Susan C. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The notion that an ethic of service can be fostered through participation in an academic community engaged service-learning program was the underlying premise for this program evaluation study. The purpose of this program evaluation study, using both quantitative and qualitative measures in a thoughtfully organized setting of university and…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Student Participation, College Students, School Community Programs
Carr, Leslie – 1999
This study examines how 11 community colleges present and promote their service learning courses via the Internet. Of particular interest to this study are the following features of online presentations: (1) how detailed and developed the Web site is and the extent of the information provided; (2) whether the Web site provides student and faculty…
Descriptors: Advertising, Community Colleges, Educational Change, Program Effectiveness

Yoder, Denise I.; And Others – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1996
A program in which 12 seventh- and eighth-grade students with learning disabilities and/or culturally diverse backgrounds participated with nondisabled peers in service learning is described. The students improved their social skills and self-esteem through community service with younger students and senior citizens. The article offers a rationale…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Interpersonal Competence, Junior High Schools, Learning Disabilities
Rhoads, Robert A. – 1997
For traditional-age college students (18 to 24 years old), college is a time of identity exploration. During this time, if individuals have a deep sense of caring for others, it is more likely that they will interact with others in an especially meaningful way. Thus, ways to expand student's identity through community service involvement are…
Descriptors: College Students, Feminism, Higher Education, Public Service
Gray, Maryann J.; Ondaatje, Elizabeth H.; Fricker, Ronald; Campbell, Nancy; Rosenblatt, Kathy; Geschwind, Sandra; Goldman, Charles A.; Kaganoff, Tessa; Robyn, Abby; Sundt, Melora; Vogelgesang, Lori; Klein, Stephen P. – 1998
This report addresses impact of the Learn and Serve America Higher Education (LSAHE) service learning initiatives on communities, higher education institutions, and students, and is based on 3 years (1995-97) of data collection and observation at 27 institutions. LSAHE has awarded grants to higher education institutions and community organizations…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Extracurricular Activities, Federal Programs, Higher Education

Boss, Judith A. – Journal of Experiential Education, 1995
Community service learning combined with ethics education can enhance students' personal and moral development as well as their academic performance. Components of a successful community service learning program include student-implemented community service projects, discussion of real-life moral issues, personality development interventions, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction, Moral Development
Beedy, Jeff; Gordon, John – Zip Lines: The Voice for Adventure Education, 1997
The New Hampton School (New Hampshire) uses the holistic Total Human Development Model with both students and faculty to instill principles focused on relationships as central to teaching and learning; respect and responsibility; sense of community; whole person development within the community; compassion and service; and the meaningful,…
Descriptors: Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning, Holistic Approach
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