COVID-19 Modifications to a Service-Learning Project Designed to Prepare Special Education Students to Be Effective Participants in Transdisciplinary Collaborations

Autor/inn/en	Doody, Kathy R.; Fulcher-Rood, Katrina; Schueltze, Pamela
Titel	COVID-19 Modifications to a Service-Learning Project Designed to Prepare Special Education Students to Be Effective Participants in Transdisciplinary Collaborations
Quelle	In: Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning, 13 (2021) 2, S.160-178 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1944-0413
Schlagwörter	COVID-19; Pandemics; Educational Change; Service Learning; Student Projects; Special Education; Interdisciplinary Approach; Graduate Students; Undergraduate Students; Early Childhood Education; Student Attitudes; Psychology; Speech Language Pathology; Skill Development; Mentors; Peer Relationship; Screening Tests + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; Service-Learning; Schulprojekt; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Schülerverhalten; Psychologie; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Peer-Beziehungen; Screening-Verfahren
Abstract	This research study examined the impact of COVID-19 on university students' perceptions about the effectiveness of a community-based service-learning project designed to prepare graduate students in special education and undergraduate students in psychology and speech-language pathology to work in transdisciplinary teams in early childhood settings. Students were placed into transdisciplinary teams and assigned to one of two community-based early childhood programs to administer a universal screening tool that assessed young children in several domains. The project was in its sixth year when the country stood still because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The project was re-envisioned, mid-course, to provide an equitable and rigorous assignment for students who were unable to complete the original assignment due to the lockdown. Student perceptions were compared, pre and post COVID; subsequent results are discussed in alignment with the original four goals of the project. Additionally, suggestions are posed to position this service-learning assignment for remote delivery should the pandemic persist to disrupt higher education. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	New York Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. SUNY Cortland, Cornish Hall Room 1239, Cortland, NY 13045. Web site: https://surface.syr.edu/excelsior/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01