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Faizah Idrus; Syakirah Abd Halim – Journal of International Students, 2024
The purpose of this investigation was to identify, examine, and analyse the opinions of four international postgraduate students who embarked on a service-learning project required by the course taken in Semester 2, 2021/2022. It included engaging in community service, connection to their academic endeavours, reporting the outcomes, critical…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Foreign Students, Multicultural Education, Graduate Students
Jordaan, Martina; Mennega, Nita – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this empirical research paper is to investigate the self-perceived role of the community partner of a higher education service-learning and community engagement module. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative approach was followed by distributing a questionnaire to the community partners of a community engagement module…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, School Community Relationship, Experience, Service Learning
Rock, Amy E. – International Journal of Self-Directed Learning, 2023
This case study describes the rationale, development, and functioning of the Elders Learning Community, a nonprofit home and community service program that served older adults in Richmond, California. The program applied a blend of self-directed learning, learner-centered and significant learning approaches, and features of a member-driven…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Independent Study, Older Adults, Individual Development
Shea, Lynne-Marie; Harkins, Debra; Ray, Sukanya; Grenier, Lauren I. – Journal of Experiential Education, 2023
Background: Service-learning is a pedagogical approach to teaching designed to create space for students to reflect critically on community service within an academic course of study with the aim of developing socially minded and actively engaged citizens. Purpose: As service-learning has moved away from the margins of educational practice, its…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Curriculum Implementation, Student Attitudes, Civics
Tijsma, Geertje; Urias, Eduardo; Zweekhorst, Marjolein – Educational Research, 2023
Background: Higher education institutions (HEIs) are increasingly affording greater prominence to various forms of engaged education, including Community Service Learning (CSL). Embedding CSL into institutional cultures, climates and expectations so that it becomes a mainstream pedagogy is often referred to as "institutionalisation."…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Service Learning, Higher Education, Literature Reviews
Jones, Jeffrey N. – American Secondary Education, 2017
"Purpose" has been identified as a fundamental need of adolescence, and there are a growing number of community service programs that may promote the development of a sense of purpose and meaning for youth participants. Understanding the transformative nature of contextual influences for the individual is critical, and this research…
Descriptors: Social Action, Community Services, Secondary School Students, Mixed Methods Research
Owenz, Meghan B.; Cruz, Laura – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2022
Purpose: This mixed-methods study assesses an innovative course design model that integrates community site visits and service-learning at the introductory level for Undergraduate Rehabilitation Education (URE) students (n = 44). Method: The authors used a survey design to analyze service-learning outcomes and civic attitudes to evaluate the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Service Learning, Rehabilitation, Human Services
Natarajarathinam, Malini; Qiu, Shaoping; Lu, Wei – INFORMS Transactions on Education, 2023
In this paper, we describe an innovative design for a multidisciplinary service-learning course on supply chain management in the industrial distribution program housed in the College of Engineering at a large research university in Texas. The purpose of this course was to increase students' technical expertise and build a mindset and skills…
Descriptors: Supply and Demand, Information Management, Curriculum Design, Interdisciplinary Approach
Amlani, Salma A.; Paulson, Eric J. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2020
The purpose of this multisite case study was to understand students' experiences of academic services and policies at community colleges (CCs) in India and how they perceived these experiences as impacting their success in college. Participants included 19 students from four CCs across diverse geographical locations in India who agreed to respond…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Student Experience
Zilvinskis, John – Community College Review, 2022
Objective/Research Question: The purpose of this research is to explore the way use of student services can mediate engagement among first-generation and transfer students who use disability services at community colleges. The following research questions guided the current study: (1) At community colleges, how does frequency of use of student…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Two Year College Students, College Transfer Students, Students with Disabilities
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
Kulesza, Amy E.; Imtiaz, Safa; Bernot, Kelsie M. – Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, 2022
Service-learning and undergraduate research experiences are high-impact practices that have become more common in the sciences, but the benefits of short-term experiences have not been thoroughly investigated. The purpose of this study was to compare within-semester gains for students in a short-term service-learning (SL) or short-term research…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Service Learning, Undergraduate Students
Brian Samuel Davis – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA+) students have unique needs when attending American community colleges. The purpose of this dissertation is to identify current policies and practices of community colleges when working with transgender students, explore best practices when it comes to serving…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Community Colleges, Change Strategies, Educational Policy
Walters, Darren; Degeneffe, Charles Edmund; Grenawalt, Teresa Ann – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to provide rehabilitation counselors an overview of the benefits of the community college system as an option that veterans with service-connected disabilities should consider in helping to make the transition from military to civilian life. We describe veterans with service-connected disabilities, the…
Descriptors: Veterans Education, Rehabilitation Counseling, Community Colleges, Students with Disabilities
Yi-Chia Aja Chao – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the impact of participating in a school garden-based project on the sense of social connectedness of urban elementary school students and university service-learning students within the urban community. The study found that the sixth-grade participants experienced improvements in their sense…
Descriptors: Gardening, Elementary School Students, Service Learning, College School Cooperation