Deepening Community-Based Learning through Collaboration and Assessment

Autor/in	Strait, Jean R.
Titel	Deepening Community-Based Learning through Collaboration and Assessment
Quelle	In: International Journal on School Disaffection, 5 (2008) 2, S.41-48 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1478-8497
Schlagwörter	Student Attitudes; Learning Processes; Public Speaking; Skill Development; Service Learning; Dropouts; Cooperation; Program Evaluation; Educational Assessment; Student Interests; Experiential Learning; Citizenship Education; Competence; Problem Solving; Critical Thinking; Decision Making; Teamwork; Ethnography; Elementary School Students; College Students; Minnesota + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Learning process; Lernprozess; Vortrag; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Service-Learning; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Co-operation; Kooperation; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Studieninteresse; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Citizenship; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Kompetenz; Problemlösen; Kritisches Denken; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Ethnografie; Collegestudent
Abstract	What causes students to leave school? According to Azzam (2007), over 47% of students in the United States who drop out of school reported they did so because school was boring and irrelevant to their life situation. What can schools and teachers do to encourage students to stay in school? One possible solution may be to look at experiential learning processes and civic competencies, which help people perform in the workplace and adult life. Service-learning is a rich pedagogy that can make students excited about learning and in the process, enhance their grades ("Growing to Greatness," 2007). It provides a vehicle for students to connect with their communities, address problems, and by doing so, to become a part of the solution. Quality service-learning teaches students problem-solving, critical thinking, decision making, public speaking, teamwork, and how to interact with communities that are different from their own cultural membership (Basttistoni and Longo, 2007). A service-learning project designed to encourage skill development is described. (Contains 2 tables.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10