The benefits and challenges of implementing service-learning in an advanced instructional design and technology curricula: implications for teaching professional courses
This paper reports on the benefits and challenges of integrating service-learning pedagogy into a professional course taught at a US Midwestern university. Data were collected via observations, interviews and analyses of students’ online discussions, written reflections, and project work. Findings rev...
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/9212/2/00006651_94731.pdf http://eprints.um.edu.my/9212/ |
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| Summary: | This paper reports on the benefits and challenges of integrating service-learning pedagogy into a professional course taught at a US Midwestern university. Data were collected via observations, interviews and analyses of students’ online discussions, written reflections, and project work. Findings revealed that the service-learning approach improves academic learning, increases motivation to learn and serve, escalates civic values and develops a sense of concern over broader social issues. Most importantly, it prepares students to be civic-minded professionals who are concerned with the betterment of society. Additionally, the authentic and open nature of service-learning was found to contribute to intense group conflicts Suggestions to eliminate such challenges are also discussed.
Keywords: service learning; social responsibility; social issues; higher education; professional education; civic-minded professional.
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