When students taking College Writing II walked into a lecture room at Lowell High School in early March, they found their places in groups of chairs and waited for their partners. At first glance, it ...

All courses that have been identified as "undergraduate research" courses incorporate research and scholarly work as a major teaching method and help prepare you to conduct scholarly activity in your ...

Abstract The service-learning movement has been criticized for not listening to the voices of community partners. Using Bourdieu's framework that equally values formal and practical knowledge, we ...

Service learning goes beyond volunteering or fundraising. It has explicit learning objectives and involves real-world skills and critical analysis. As service learning has taken root in schools and ...

Following is a list of websites and a selected bibliography of texts which have informed the CU Engage Center for Community-Based Learning and Research. Additional resources will be posted. Abes, E.S.

Service learning is an educational program that integrates community service with classroom instruction to enhance learning, teach civic responsibility and strengthen communities. For the chemical ...

Global issues often play out locally. Service learning is a way students can engage in real-world issues while building the knowledge, skills, and experiences that will serve them throughout their ...

You don't need to be a teacher to recognize that important student learning takes place outside of the classroom. Service learning is an intentional instructional strategy used by schools across the ...

Blogger's Note: In a recent post I asked four experts to introduce us to service learning and the ethics involved. In this blog they present a dilemma and walk us through some steps to resolve it. The ...

BETTY MEDINA LICHTENSTEIN used to dread the beginning of the school year, when students from colleges and universities around Holyoke, Mass., would descend on her tiny community organization, Enlace ...

This is our mission: To create unique experiences during which learning evolves into education and students discover who they are and what they love. Service Learning connects students and faculty to ...