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Publication Date: 2016-Oct
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Integrating Diversity Education and Service Learning: A 15+ Year Journey Continues
Womble, Myra N.; Adams, Elaine
International Journal of Progressive Education, v12 n3 p24-34 Oct 2016
This paper reports the 15+ year journey undertaken by university faculty to integrate service learning with diversity education. It has taken the faculty from its initial integration of academic community learning and diversity education in 1999 to its current course offering in 2015. The purpose of this integration has remained the same, to engage graduate students in exploring varied aspects of diversity while learning to work and live in a diverse world and serving the needs of the community. Over the years, graduate students enrolled in the diversity course have been participants in service learning experiences of their choice in diverse, non-profit community-based organizations. With few exceptions, based on student reflective journals, the instructor's service learning pedagogy, and the students' organization choices, service learning in diverse environments has contributed to positive change in students' views about diversity.
Descriptors: College Faculty, Service Learning, Interdisciplinary Approach, Cultural Awareness, Graduate Students, Consciousness Raising, Student Journals, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes, Attitude Change, Program Effectiveness, Planning
International Association of Educators. Egitim Fakultesi Dekanligi, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale 17100, Turkey. e-mail: secretary@inased.org; Web site: http://www.inased.org/ijpe.htm
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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