Learning through Life Books: Teaching Human Growth and Development in an Emotionally Rich Community Context

Autor/inn/en	Korsmo, John; Baker-Sennett, Jacquelyn; Nicholas, Trula
Titel	Learning through Life Books: Teaching Human Growth and Development in an Emotionally Rich Community Context
Quelle	In: International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 21 (2009) 3, S.382-389 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1812-9129
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Undergraduate Students; Professional Education; Service Learning; Individual Development; Children; Foster Care; Books; Personal Narratives; Time Perspective; Teaching Methods; Human Services; Placement; Interviews; Documentation; Adoption; Experiential Learning; Washington + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Berufsausbildung; Service-Learning; Individuelle Entwicklung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Pflegehilfe; Book; Buch; Monographie; Monografie; Erlebniserzählung; Zeitbezug; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Humanitäre Hilfe; Betriebspraktikum; Praktikum; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Dokumentation; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen
Abstract	One challenge experienced by many educators working in pre-professional programs involves designing courses to support students as they learn how to apply subject area knowledge to professional practice. This article describes a successful collaborative community-based project that contextualizes the often abstract and predominately linear theories of human development through the creation of life books for children in the foster care system. The learning activity includes upper division undergraduate Human Services students reviewing case files, contacting, interviewing, and meeting with members of the adoptive child's families, researching the child's medical background, and documenting the child's life story to date. This method supports students' understanding of human development within the context of the systems in which they will be working. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning. Web site: http://www.isetl.org/ijtlhe
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10