Service-learning is a classroom-based pedagogy that combines curricular goals with community service to facilitate reciprocal benefit. It works best when there is adequate preparation, student voice in designing projects, systematic formative and summative reflection, and is men…
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Multicultural students have disproportionately underachieved in school, unchecked by traditional partnership school fieldwork experiences preparing future teachers. Teachers' development of multicultural competence is imperative for reversing achievement trends. Culturally respo…
This study explored the pedagogical lessons I learned as a global citizenship teacher-facilitator while attempting to cultivate global citizenship identity and practice among middle school youth within the context of a "global citizenship community" and its "action-learning init…
Study abroad has been a significant educational experience for many years impacting student development and intercultural competence. Over the years, however, the traditional study abroad experience has transformed and expanded offering more students different opportunities to t…
The purpose of this study is to capture the history, atmosphere, and experience of HOPE (Housing Outreach Project Express). Charleston Catholic High School’s HOPE is a story of service and learning put into action. For 25 years, Charleston Catholic students, teachers, administra…
This phenomenological study examined the experiences of 19 former high school service participants. This study explored the perspectives and opinions of each participant regarding the quality aspects of their service experiences and the impact of their service on college, career…
This study examined how college students made meaning of their service learning (SL) experiences. Two sets of semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with six undergraduate students at George Washington University—a large private research institution in Washington,…
The mission of Christian schools is to partner with parents as they train up their children to know and love God. Such training includes academic achievement as well as spiritual formation. This study focused on a survey of the practice of service-learning in Christian schools, …
The thesis of this project was based on the premise that the members and attendees of Park Chapel Christian Church in Greenfield, Indiana, do not practice a regular rhythm of service in the community. The project involved twelve sessions of teaching delivered in a hybrid model o…