ERIC Number: EJ1137103
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 5
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ISSN: EISSN-1552-9045
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Modeling Service Learning for Future Leaders of Youth Organizations
Hoover, Tracy S.; Webster, Nicole
Journal of Leadership Education, v3 n3 p58-62 Win 2004
This project provides instructors seeking to integrate Service Learning (SL) into collegiate level courses a model for future use and adoption. Approximately 60 students in a collegiate youth leadership course and two collegiate student organizations participated in a SL project at an environmental center in West Philadelphia. The majority of students who participated were enrolled in either the youth leadership development course or in a special topics course on SL. In both instances students were exposed to service learning from a historical and operational perspective and participated in guided reflection at the completion of the project. The SL project allowed the instructors to model a unique experiential learning strategy that could be adopted by future agricultural education instructors, 4-H youth development educators, collegiate or youth organizations.
Descriptors: Service Learning, Modeling (Psychology), Youth Agencies, Undergraduate Students, Leadership Training, Student Organizations, History, Reflection, Program Descriptions, Learning Strategies, Agricultural Education, Extension Education
Association of Leadership Educators. e-mail: Jole@aged.tamu.edu; Web site: http://leadershipeducators.org/page-1014283
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
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