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Faculty Use of Service-Learning: Perceptions, Motivations, and Impediments for the Human Sciences

Author:

Madhumita Banerjee

Author:

Cheryl O. Hausafus

Publication Date:

2007

Journal:

Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning

Journal Issue:

v.14(1), Fall 2007, 32-45

Pages:

13

Abstract:

This study examines characteristics of human sciences/Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) faculty who do and do not incorporate service-learning in their teaching, examines their perceptions about service-learning as an effective teaching strategy, and identifies the factors that motivate and deter use of service-learning. Survey results from 368 faculty members in institutions of higher education across the United States perceive service-learning to be an effective tool for learning and teaching within the human sciences. (author)

Full Text Link:

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=mjcsl;cc=mjcsl;rgn=full text;idno=3239521.0014.103;didno=3239521.0014.103;view=image;seq=00000001

Call Number:

115/E/BAN/2007

Sector:

HE Sector

Electronic Availability:

Available online

Library Item Type:

Electronic resource - serial article