A Convergence of Expectations: What Literacy Studies Might Offer Community Partnerships

Autor/in	Scott, Grete M.
Titel	A Convergence of Expectations: What Literacy Studies Might Offer Community Partnerships
Quelle	In: Community Literacy Journal, 5 (2010) 1, S.75-89 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1555-9734
Schlagwörter	Service Learning; Interviews; College Faculty; Teaching Methods; Literacy; Cooperation; School Community Relationship; Teacher Student Relationship; Expectation; Student Attitudes; Student Participation; Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Service-Learning; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Fakultät; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Co-operation; Kooperation; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Expectancy; Erwartung; Schülerverhalten; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung
Abstract	Why, if service learning has "come a long way," has it not had the impact on the university or on the community that proponents expected? This article details interviews with eight teachers at Virginia Tech who use service learning in their classrooms, with particular attention to the convergence of literacies that occurs when teachers, communities, and students all attempt to work together. While these eight teachers seemed to have a good grasp of the expectations faculty and communities bring to this three-way relationship, they seemed unable to define the expectations students bring to the experience. This mirrors the current scholarship on service learning, which highlights faculty and communities but downplays the role of students. As we continue to work toward sustainable, reflective community partnerships, literacy studies like Barton and Hamilton's "Local Literacies" can help us further examine the expectations students bring to service learning projects. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10