Add to ORKGEngagement in the immediate community has long been a stated goal of most colleges and universities. Grand university mission statements (including our own) often convey a “commitment to community service.” While our rhetoric is lofty, how do we actually commit ourselves to pursuing this objective? How might we truly “engage” a community of scholars with the larger community? Is “true” service-learning sustainable in a college classroom? This paper addresses one method of engagement that exists on our campus: one section of the Core Curriculum “Human Behavior in Perspective,” has been transformed into a service-learning course. This course integrates the model of service-learning into the educational curriculum. In practical terms, this cou...
This honors senior project focuses on service-learning in the classroom. Specifically, it uncovers t...
Describes the preliminary study of a service learning program at Swarthmore College that paired stud...
Service learning as a teaching methodology has a growing following among faculty in higher education...
Engagement in the immediate community has long been a stated goal of most colleges and universities....
Service learning is a process that is able to take what students learn in the classroom and morph th...
Over the past twenty years, there has been a steady increase in the number of students involved in c...
Implementing service-learning is challenging in light of issues such as changes in student demograph...
Institutionalizing service-learning can be a rich and complex process. The following ideas about sus...
The service-learning movement has become a major presence within higher education. More than 950 col...
All college teachers want their courses to be relevant and provocative, and to encourage students to...
This thesis takes issue with current models of community engagement and service learning that do not...
The events of Sept. 11 have been credited with awakening a desire for many to do something meaningfu...
In a recent article, Creating the New American College, Ernest Boyer challenges higher education t...
Twenty years ago, reflecting on the possibilities for service-learning (SL) to help re-envision high...
Service to the local community has become a part of the college tradition as more campuses incorpora...
This honors senior project focuses on service-learning in the classroom. Specifically, it uncovers t...
Describes the preliminary study of a service learning program at Swarthmore College that paired stud...
Service learning as a teaching methodology has a growing following among faculty in higher education...
Engagement in the immediate community has long been a stated goal of most colleges and universities....
Service learning is a process that is able to take what students learn in the classroom and morph th...
Over the past twenty years, there has been a steady increase in the number of students involved in c...
Implementing service-learning is challenging in light of issues such as changes in student demograph...
Institutionalizing service-learning can be a rich and complex process. The following ideas about sus...
The service-learning movement has become a major presence within higher education. More than 950 col...
All college teachers want their courses to be relevant and provocative, and to encourage students to...
This thesis takes issue with current models of community engagement and service learning that do not...
The events of Sept. 11 have been credited with awakening a desire for many to do something meaningfu...
In a recent article, Creating the New American College, Ernest Boyer challenges higher education t...
Twenty years ago, reflecting on the possibilities for service-learning (SL) to help re-envision high...
Service to the local community has become a part of the college tradition as more campuses incorpora...
This honors senior project focuses on service-learning in the classroom. Specifically, it uncovers t...
Describes the preliminary study of a service learning program at Swarthmore College that paired stud...
Service learning as a teaching methodology has a growing following among faculty in higher education...