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Loupe, Diane – School Administrator, 2000
Community-service programs that lack administrative or community support are destined to fail. The success of mandatory programs depends on careful preparations, stakeholder buy-in, academic merits, program quality, staff support, safeguards for students, accurate recordkeeping, and recognition of long-term educational benefits. (MLH)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Community Services, Community Support, Educational Benefits
Jacoby, Barbara; And Others – 1996
The 14 readings in this book focus on service learning in higher education, its theoretical framework, the advantages of various techniques, and practical means for implementation. Service learning is seen to offer students the chance to combine academic knowledge/skills with community experience. Chapter titles and authors are: (1)…
Descriptors: Community Responsibility, Community Services, Cooperative Programs, Higher Education
Luce, Janet, Ed.; And Others – 1990
This annotated bibliography of 245 items published from 1970 through 1987 is intended to guide newcomers toward and remind service-learning veterans of key literature in the field. Sections of the bibliography include definitions and history, rationales, service-learning in higher education and in secondary education, theoretical and philosophical…
Descriptors: Community Services, Guidelines, Higher Education, Literature
Fertman, Carl I.; And Others – 1993
Under Subtitle B Part I, Serve-America, of the National and Community Service Act of 1990, $1.1 million was awarded to fund 44 school-based service-learning programs in Pennsylvania. A study collected data on program implementation and impact on students, Serve-America coordinators, and supervisors during visits to 43 sites and at meetings with…
Descriptors: Community Services, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
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Keith, Novella Z. – Education and Urban Society, 1996
Examines how the concepts of service and community might be made to serve the interests of those who are the heart of urban schools: students, their families, and neighborhood residents. The article introduces a model of community schools that is oriented to the inner-directed development of inner-city neighborhoods. (GR)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Schools, Community Services, Demonstration Programs
Appalachia Educational Lab., Charleston, WV. – 1996
As increased attention is placed on the role of schools in the development of character, community service/service learning, the concept of providing instrution through the study of community issues, action to address them, and reflection on the experience, can help meet school and community goals. Through community service/service learning,…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Services, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Billig, Shelley H. – School Administrator, 2000
Research, while limited, finds that service learning positively affects participants as to social development, academic achievement, civic awareness, and career exploration. High-quality programs maximize student outcomes. The difference between service learning and community service is linkage to standards and specific curriculum content. Key…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Education, Citizenship Education, Community Services
American Association of Community Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1995
The service learning instructional methodology integrates community service with academic instruction and seeks to address local needs and develop students academic skills, sense of civic responsibility, and commitment to the community. The following elements are important for effectively organizing a community college service learning program:…
Descriptors: Citizenship Responsibility, Community Colleges, Community Responsibility, Community Services
Fertman, Carl I.; And Others – 1995
The Learn and Serve Grant Program was designed to support schools and community-based organizations (CBOs) that engage children and adolescents in service activities linked to the school curriculum that address real community needs. An evaluation covered 93 Pennsylvania schools and CBOs that received funding to design and implement programs.…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Organizations, Community Services, Cooperative Programs
Pittsburgh Univ., PA. School of Education. – 1996
Service learning links community service and volunteerism with academic learning. It is a collaborative effort that brings schools, community-based organizations, parents, and other community members together in a common enterprise of individual and community growth. Service learning is based on a number of existing links between schools and…
Descriptors: Career Education, Citizenship Education, Community Organizations, Community Services
Exley, Robert J.; And Others – 1995
The Partners in Action and Learning Program at Florida's Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC) was established in 1994 to aid the integration of service learning into the college's general education curricula. Goals for the first year of the program included the establishment of service-learning centers at MDCC's Homestead and Medical Center…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Services, Education Service Centers, Participant Characteristics