Search results for: Service learning

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Service-Learning Experiences of College Freshmen, Community Partners, and Consumers With Disabilities
Authors: Muwana Florence C., Gaffney Janet S.
In this study the authors have described the experiences of students, community partners, and consumers with disabilities with the implementation of service-learning projects. The authors investigated the extent to which students and community partners were satisfied with their service-learning experience and the aspects of the project that contributed to and detracted from their personal satisfaction.
Published: 2011
Updated: Sep. 04, 2011
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Evaluation of a University‐Based Mentoring Program: Mentors’ Perspectives on a Service‐Learning Experience
Authors: Hughes Carolyn, Boyd Elizabeth, Dykstra Sara J.
The purpose of this paper was to investigate the views of university students serving as mentors in high‐need high schools or community centers. The participants were 49 students, primarily undergraduates across a range of liberal arts disciplines, who were participating in a university‐based service‐learning mentoring program for youth attending high‐poverty high schools.
Published: 2010
Updated: Jul. 05, 2011
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Learning to Unlearn: How a Service-Learning Project Can Help Teacher Candidates to Reframe Urban Students
Authors: Conner Jerusha O.
This study explored how a group of prospective teachers explained the shift in their perspectives of low-income, urban youth as a result of participating in a service-learning project that explicitly attended to issues of status and processes of unlearning. The findings indicate that when fused with student voice work, service learning can help prospective teachers to examine and revise their assumptions about students.
Published: 2010
Updated: Sep. 05, 2010
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Can Service Learning Reinforce Social and Cultural Bias? Exploring a Popular Model of Family Involvement for Early Childhood Teacher Candidates
Authors: Dunn-Kenney Maylan
In this study, 21 early childhood teacher certification candidates engaged in service learning experience with families living in deep poverty. 16 candidates appeared to confront their own biases and construct practical theories of poverty that were more complex than their original concepts. However, five candidates appeared to avoid confronting their own biases. More research is needed to examine the relationship between candidates' understanding of social relationships and their approach to service learning experiences.
Published: 2010
Updated: Sep. 05, 2010