Service-Learning Through Community-Based Research

This article presents the results of an exploratory case study on the benefits and challenges of a community-based research approach to service-learning. The study's context is the development of a classroom web site by a college student and an elementary school teacher. The findings show that community-based research promotes student learning and facilitates the adoption and use of web technology by the school teacher. However, there are social and technological challenges of integrating community-based research s a service-learning strategy into a college course. (author)