Start Date
5-6-2013 10:30 AM
End Date
5-6-2013 11:00 AM
Description
Across the globe, service-learning is increasingly being promoted as a pedagogy for advancing student learning and educational success. Proponents of service-learning suggest that engaging students in community service experiences that are tied to the academic curriculum can enhance students’ educational experience and promote better learning. Yet, despite this growing enthusiasm for service-learning, much skepticism persists regarding the academic value of service-learning and the extent to which educational institutions should integrate this practice as part of students' formal academic curriculum.
This keynote presentation examines the current state of research on service-learning and assesses what the evidence tells us about the overall of service-learning students’ academic outcomes. The presentation begins with a review of the ways in which service-learning is expanding across the globe and the different educational purposes it serves. The presentation will then provide an overview of what we know from research regarding the impact on service-learning on students. The presentation will conclude with a discussion of the implications for practice of the current research.
Recommended Citation
Furco, A. (2013, June). Examining the research evidence for the academic value of service-learning. Paper presented at the 4th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning: Service-Learning as a Bridge from Local to Global: Connected world, Connected future, Hong Kong and Guangzhou, China.
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Examining the research evidence for the academic value of service-learning
Across the globe, service-learning is increasingly being promoted as a pedagogy for advancing student learning and educational success. Proponents of service-learning suggest that engaging students in community service experiences that are tied to the academic curriculum can enhance students’ educational experience and promote better learning. Yet, despite this growing enthusiasm for service-learning, much skepticism persists regarding the academic value of service-learning and the extent to which educational institutions should integrate this practice as part of students' formal academic curriculum.
This keynote presentation examines the current state of research on service-learning and assesses what the evidence tells us about the overall of service-learning students’ academic outcomes. The presentation begins with a review of the ways in which service-learning is expanding across the globe and the different educational purposes it serves. The presentation will then provide an overview of what we know from research regarding the impact on service-learning on students. The presentation will conclude with a discussion of the implications for practice of the current research.