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Shoreman-Ouimet, Eleanor – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2020
This article outlines pedagogical practices and methodologies for increasing student engagement in the classroom and in the broader community on the topic of climate change. The emphases are placed on (1) preliminary assessments of student understanding and emotional responses to the topic of climate change, (2) assignments that enable student…
Descriptors: Climate, Change, Teaching Methods, Environmental Education
Hwang, Jihee; Kim, Junghwan – Strategic National Arts Alumni Project, 2023
High-impact practices (HIPs) are educationally purposeful activities that college students experience in and out of the classroom which are found to be positively related to several learning outcomes including: better gain of academic knowledge and artistic skills, recognition of community issues and real-world problems, career success and…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Art Education, Outcomes of Education, Community Involvement
Mitchell, Tania D.; Rost-Banik, Colleen – Educational Studies, 2020
Examining alumni perspectives from three multi-term service-learning programs, this study highlights the dimensions of the cohort experience that alumni credit as critical to their learning and development, namely building relationships among diverse perspectives, teaching and learning from one another, and sharing a commitment to social justice.…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Alumni, Communities of Practice, Interpersonal Relationship
Lough, Benjamin J.; Toms, Cynthia – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2018
In order to better understand and determine priorities of global service-learning in higher education, this study used an empowering evaluation processes to assess the strategic trajectories needed for growth in this field. Researchers organised 36 focus groups during an international summit to map the strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Higher Education, Communities of Practice, Focus Groups
Bringle, Robert G. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2017
This article proposes enhancing student learning through civic engagement by considering the advantages of integrating service-learning with study away, research, and internships and pre-professional courses into first-order, second-order, and third-order hybrid high-impact pedagogies. Service-learning contributes numerous attributes to the other…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Service Learning, Citizen Participation, Student Participation
Lewing, Morgan; Shehane, Melissa – Christian Higher Education, 2017
Service-learning is a high-impact educational practice that benefits the community, the university, and students (Jacoby, 2015). It also represents an educational practice that specifically supports the integration of Christian thought and action within Christian institutions (Schaffer, 2004). The purpose of the study was to determine the level of…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Christianity, Church Related Colleges, College Students
Carlisle, Shauna K.; Gourd, Karen; Rajkhan, Safaa; Nitta, Keith – Journal of Service-Learning in Higher Education, 2017
Community-based learning (CBL) integrates problem-based service-learning, volunteerism, and experiential learning across a variety of disciplines. The Community-Based Learning Impact Scale is an instrument developed to measure the impact on a liberal arts university campus. Scale items were generated from focus groups, literature, and existing…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Problem Based Learning, Service Learning, Volunteers
Shingledecker, Diane – Community College Journal, 2016
Service learning is one of the most effective teaching methods for engaging and retaining community college students, but it comes with its challenges. For many students, the added requirements of a service learning experience can become one more responsibility in an already too-long list. In addition to being responsible for children, holding…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Teaching Methods, Teacher Effectiveness, Community Colleges
Holland, Barbara A.; Howard, Ted; Seligsohn, Andrew J. – Metropolitan Universities, 2018
Urban and metropolitan areas face unique challenges in serving the multifaceted needs of their communities, but also have advantages that create some of the world's greatest universities. Three scholars opened the 2017 CUMU [Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities] Annual Conference with "Voices from the Field." Each spoke to…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Urban Universities, Metropolitan Areas, Place Based Education
Nolan, Christy David – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The Keystone Learning Community was implemented by the Department of Campus Recreation to address retention at the institution. This learning community for incoming freshmen consists of two phases. Phase I is as an outdoor orientation program that includes a three day, two night canoeing and camping experience lead by upperclassmen leaders.…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, Service Learning
Woods, Leah; Willis, Jamie; Wright, D. C.; Knapp, Tim – Journal of Public Scholarship in Higher Education, 2013
Many academic departments are making efforts to increase faculty and student community engagement as part of a movement to revitalize the civic function of higher education. A case study of the development of a public sociology program provides examples of steps that can be taken to involve educators and students in communities in multifaceted…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Sociology, Outreach Programs, School Community Programs
Lucy-Bouler, Thomas; Lucy-Bouler, Tink – Journal of Learning in Higher Education, 2012
Universities struggle with how to get students more involved and active in the university and community. Providing projects that just collect cans or raise money for a cause, while admirable, are not teaching the students how to be active, how to conduct projects, and give them connections to the community. This paper will describe service…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Program Effectiveness, Student Participation, Academic Achievement
Chesbrough, Ronald D. – Journal of College Student Development, 2011
The purpose of this study was to add to our understanding of the motivations toward service among college students, to get a clearer sense of how students choose their service involvements, and to better understand the learning outcomes from service involvement during college. Findings indicated differences in how students spoke about their…
Descriptors: College Students, Service Learning, Higher Education, Outcomes of Education
Prentice, Mary – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2011
Higher education has been called upon to prepare its graduates to be civically engaged community members. Since the 1980s, faculty have taken up this call. Service learning is a common strategy that educators have adopted to stimulate civic engagement in students. In this study, service learning students and nonservice learning students from eight…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Community Colleges, Service Learning, College Students
Harrison, Barbara; Nelson, Connie; Stroink, Mirella – Journal of Public Scholarship in Higher Education, 2013
For six years the Food Security Research Network at Lakehead University, Canada, has been engaged in an interdisciplinary theme-based service-learning initiative focusing on food security. Informed by complexity theory, the contextual fluidity partnership model brings community partners, students, and faculty into a nexus through which new…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Food Service, Food, National Security