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Amy G. Gagnon – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2024
Students benefit from exploring nature and participating in outdoor activities that challenge them emotionally and physically. The purpose of this article is to describe an outdoor education class with 21 undergraduate physical education teacher education (PETE) students and the benefits of participating in this experience. The second purpose is…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Service Learning, Undergraduate Students, Physical Education Teachers
Scott T. Sheridan – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation uses a multi-case study approach to investigate teachers' use of computer science (CS) tools and pedagogical approaches in the classroom following their participation in a computer science integration professional development (PD) program. Seven teacher participants took part in a weeklong PD program and received follow up…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Science Education, Professional Development, Service Learning
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Kathleen A. Bowe; Alexa R. Green; Yi Jin Kim Gorske; Emily Lesher; Christopher F. Bauer – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
Community-based learning (CBL), also known as service learning (SL), provides students with an active and meaningful learning environment and has been studied in STEM courses for several decades. Chemistry for the Community is a novel chemistry curriculum that weaves service-learning projects throughout multiple courses, including gateway courses,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Science Instruction, Chemistry, Service Learning
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Woods, David M. – Information Systems Education Journal, 2022
Students studying technical fields like IS/IT (Information Systems/Information Technology) face the challenge of showing potential employers that they have done work for real clients, not just course projects that are never used. At the same time, instructors face the challenge of actively engaging students in learning course content and…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Information Technology, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
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Florencia Rojo – Teaching Sociology, 2025
Community-based research (CBR) as a form of community-engaged learning (CEL) offers students valuable sociological practice and learning experiences. Although CEL strategies are well documented for enhancing students' sociological imagination, gaps persist in the literature regarding the impact on community partners. This article addresses the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Predominantly White Institutions, Small Colleges, Sociology
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Nizami, Urooj; Shambaugh, Adam – Open Praxis, 2019
This paper reports on the establishment of an open pedagogy initiative between community organisations and students, facilitated by the Temple University Libraries (TUL) and faculty in the Philadelphia area. The Community-University Research Exchange (CURE) produces community-driven social justice research. Library facilitators solicit research…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Open Education, Community Organizations, Universities
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Downey, Dennis J. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2018
Engaging undergraduate students in community-based research (CBR) offers rich benefits to both students and communities (Strand, Marullo, Cutforth, Stoeker, & Donahue, 2006). Finding ways to expand its application promises to multiply those benefits. Senior capstone courses represent a promising vehicle for that expansion, as they are also…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Sociology, Curriculum
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Walker, Alison; Mercer, Jenny; Freeman, Leanne – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2021
This article explores the experiences of organisations participating as Community Partners (CPs) and co-educators in a service-learning module in a Higher Education Institution (HEI) in South Wales, UK. It focuses on the opportunities and challenges faced by community organisations when working within the Service-learning (SL) model, and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Service Learning, Higher Education, School Community Programs
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Sze-Yeung Lai, Charlotte; Chi-leung Hui, Patrick – Higher Education Research and Development, 2021
Service-learning (SL) integrates academic curricula and practical experiences to deliver social services to communities. By participating in a SL program, students' prosocial behavior can be nurtured once they are appropriately motivated and supported. This study investigates students' different motivations to join SL programs, the enjoyableness…
Descriptors: Service Learning, School Community Programs, Disabilities, Disadvantaged
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Otto, Elizabeth; Dunens, Elizabeth – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2021
This paper explores the potential for postsecondary community-based educational experiences to impart the skills employers most desire from new college graduates. We gathered one U.S. university's community-engaged learning (CEL) stakeholders to collect detailed descriptions of the behaviors students practice during CEL. Students, faculty, and…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Soft Skills, Skill Development, Employer Attitudes
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Judge, Lawrence W.; Skalon, Tonya; Schoeff, Makenzie A.; Powers, Shannon; Johnson, James; Henry, Brandon; Burns, Ashley; Bellar, David – Physical Educator, 2021
While most law enforcement agencies recognize the importance of physical fitness for their officers and encourage them to maintain an adequate level of fitness, many find it difficult to implement a fitness program successfully. Prior studies and literature support the implementation of community-centered fitness initiatives. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Police, College Students, Physical Fitness, Service Learning
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Sweatman, Mary; Warner, Alan – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2020
The research investigates the processes and characteristics of community-valued undergraduate community service-learning (CSL) initiatives that are housed within long-term community-university partnerships (CUPs). Using a case study design, the study used in-depth, semi-structured interviews, document review, and observation to understand three…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Undergraduate Students, School Community Programs, Partnerships in Education
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Jacob, Anupama; Tauati, Amy; Brown, Alexis – Journal of Social Work Education, 2020
Homelessness remains a persistent problem in the United States, calling for continuing engagement to address this issue across the micro-macro social work practice continuum. Social work educators have an imperative to expose the next generation of practitioners to this complex social issue and provide opportunities for students to develop…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Social Problems, Problem Solving, Service Learning
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Scholtz, Desiree – International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2018
Service learning (SL) presents apposite opportunities for students to share with and learn from businesses for mutually beneficial development and experience. This article focuses on a SL project conducted by undergraduate students in South Africa, to devise advertising and marketing strategies for community businesses. The reciprocity of benefits…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Undergraduate Students, Marketing, Advertising
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Adarlo, Genejane; Amor, Urduja; Marquez, Norman Dennis – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2019
Although there have been growing concerns on how service-learning can accentuate the power differences between the server and the served, service-learning can foster transformative partnership by recognizing the contributions each can offer for a better society. Using participant observation and discourse analysis, this case study examines the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Service Learning, Transformative Learning, Partnerships in Education
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