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Transitioning from High School Service to College Service-Learning in a First-Year Seminar

Author:

Laurie Ross

Author:

Mary-Ellen Boyle

Publication Date:

2007

Journal:

Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning

Journal Issue:

v.14(1), Fall 2007, 53-64

Pages:

Abstract:

This article analyzes the challenges encountered in a first-year service-learning course in which students had high expectations for community involvement and a commitment to social responsibility, yet significant difficulty connecting their service orientation to the intellectual inquiry expected of them at the college level. This conflict between "making a difference" and undertaking complementary academic work was evident in students' reflections. (author)

Full Text Link:

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=mjcsl;cc=mjcsl;rgn=full text;idno=3239521.0014.105;didno=3239521.0014.105;view=image;seq=00000001

Call Number:

115/E/ROS/2007

Sector:

HE Sector

Sector:

K-12 Sector

Electronic Availability:

Available online

Library Item Type:

Electronic resource - serial article