Reviews literature on cognitive outcomes of service learning with an emphasis on how convincing the results are to faculty. Explores how self-report measures produce the most consistent positive findings yet are one of the least persuasive measures; other measures based in the cognitive sciences, such as problem-solving protocols, show promise but…

This multi-site study of candidates in programs in the National Service Learning in Teacher Education Partnership measured gains in participants' teaching efficacy, commitment to teaching, service ethic of teaching, and acceptance of diversity, as well as their intent to personally engage in community service and use service learning in their own…

Defines service learning and looks at the benefits to the students, the school, and the community. Describes successful programs and offers guidelines for developing them in business education programs. (JOW)

Discusses the development and implementation of an academic service learning course designed to explore partnership possibilities between a university, religious organizations, and neighborhood coalitions in West Philadelphia. Course goals were twofold: for students to activate partnerships with community members and congregation participants to…

By getting students out into the community, service learning advances their understandings and their relations to problems through hands-on experience as students actively work to apply knowledge learned in more traditional school settings to problems in the local area. (Author/CCM)

Shares the experiences of intermediate algebra course instructors at a large urban community college in using a service-learning project to help students understand and appreciate the mathematics they were studying. (ASK)

Describes two significant theoretical approaches to service learning (philanthropic and civil) so that professors are aware of two different impulses that inform service learning. In addition, addresses three critical concerns about service learning: it takes too much time and too many resources, it should not be required, and it should be…

Explains how professors can engage disabled students in service learning, noting that such students are good candidates for providing service to others. Discusses the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals with disabilities as recipients of service, individuals with disabilities as service providers, and practical advice for developing…

Offers some resources for faculty initiates to service learning that may assist them in understanding service learning and the role it can have in enhancing learning among college students. Describes the contents of several publications on service learning. (EV)

This article explores connections among leading, teaching, and learning using data from a qualitative/quantitative study of 81 exemplary secondary school teachers in the United States. The teachers' emphasis on learning--for themselves, students, and others--appears to underpin their leadership choices within six major areas of influence:…

Voluntary work with local communities has been advocated as beneficial for geography students, higher education institutions and the public. In England, the Higher Education Active Community Fund (HEACF) has recently been established by the Government to encourage staff and students in higher education to undertake voluntary work in local…

This paper describes and discusses the effect of service-learning on students' reflective thinking about their own knowledge in multicultural teacher education at a state university in Southern California (USA). Two versions of students' multicultural autobiographies, one at the beginning and the other at the end of the course, were examined to…

Service-learning (SL) is a relatively new pedagogical approach to facilitate student learning at the university level. In SL, students enrolled in an academic course provide a needed service to a community partner. Through guided reflection, students link classroom-based, theoretical knowledge with clinical applications. Students' active…

Problem-based service-learning projects are complex and ambiguous learning environments. New thinking about assessment must occur to be able to assist the learning from this type of project. (Contains 1 table.)

Spirituality and service learning can be related meaningfully in institutions of higher education when there is a focus on serving others.