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Campbell, David A.; Appe, Susan; Rozansky, Matthew J. – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2023
Experiential philanthropy courses have proliferated in recent years in the context of a reinvigorated debate about the nature of elite philanthropy. This paper analyzes the content faculty use to teach philanthropy in 33 courses funded by the Learning by Giving Foundation. We find that courses prioritize materials that address formal philanthropy,…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Private Financial Support, Courses, Course Content
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Karryna Madison; Judith Fernando; Jonathan Robberts; Nathan Eva – New Directions for Student Leadership, 2023
Despite the growth of servant leadership research, current understandings of how to teach servant leadership are limited. Further, current approaches often reinforce heroic notions of servant leadership that do not adequately prepare learners to engage in leadership within their own lives. Against this backdrop, we integrate critical pedagogical…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Participative Decision Making, Empathy, Altruism
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Simsek, Meliha R. – European Journal of Educational Research, 2020
Despite its well-documented benefits for training a wide range of professionals, including teacher candidates in almost all content areas, the incorporation of service-learning into foreign language teacher education is relatively new, and most research only dealt with narrative accounts of non-work-related charitable activities. Consequently,…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Preservice Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Lukenchuk, Anotonina – Philosophical Studies in Education, 2009
This article considers the notion of service-learning (SL) as essentially different from other similar activities, such as philanthropy, charity, voluntarism, or a single act of kindness which are "one-way" socially engaged activities. Service-learning is different because it necessarily entails reciprocity and mutuality which are "two-way"…
Descriptors: Altruism, Service Learning, Professional Services, Private Financial Support
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Sider, Kenneth – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2008
A real-life experience is a "moving force" that can be part of the elementary social studies curriculum. This article discusses an experiential learning about India and describes how the author integrates the arts and service learning in his third grade classroom. It also describes class activities that enhance social studies curriculum…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Indians, Altruism, Service Learning
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Kristjansson, Kristjan – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2006
The virtue of generosity--at least generosity in the context of world poverty--is conspicuously absent from most curricula in the field of moral education. This article explores generosity and its educational ramifications. I start by characterizing two types of persons who may seem to be generous but who do not really possess generosity as a…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Altruism, Prosocial Behavior, Ethical Instruction
Krebs, Marjori M. – Online Submission, 2006
The purpose of this dissertation is to describe the essence of the service-learning experience for K-12 teachers in central and northwest Ohio, specifically exploring teacher motivations for initiating service-learning in the classroom. Service-learning is defined as an educational methodology that incorporates student preparation, service to the…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Teacher Motivation, Teaching Methods, Student Participation