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Library Resources Filtered by Author: "Dwight E. Giles"

Total number of Library Resources: 11

Community Engagement and Institutional Culture in Higher Education: An Investigation of Faculty Reward Policies at Engaged Campuses (2009)

Through an examination of the 2006 applications for the Elective Classification for Community Engagement from the Carnegie...
Service-Learning Partnerships: Paths of Engagement (2004)

This article furthers research and theory on the initiation and development of service-learning partner-ships. It identifies...

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Beyond Surveys: Using the Problem Solving Interview to Assess the Impact of Service-Learning on Understanding and Critical Thinking (2002)

This chapter details a study which begins to define the kinds of learning outcomes best suited to service-learning and to...
Where's the Learning in Service Learning? (1999)

This book addresses the potential of service-learning to enhance the learning process. The authors show that cognitive learning...
Service-Learning: A Movement's Pioneers Reflect on Its Origin, Practice, and Future (1999)

Leaders in service-learning describe their early efforts to combine education with social action. Their reflections help...
Report of a National Study Comparing the Impacts of Service-Learning Program Characteristics on Post Secondary Students (1997)

The Comparing Models of Service-Learning project surveyed the impact of service-learning programs on students' citizenship...
Impact of Service Learning on College Students, (The) (1997)

While service-learning programs have become popular on college campuses across the country there has been relatively little...

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Practitioner's Guide to Reflection in Service-Learning, (A): Student Voices and Reflections (1996)

This guide is a resource for anyone seeking to use critical reflection in service-learning. Drawing upon student testimony of...
Theoretical Roots of Service Learning in John Dewey: Toward a Theory of Service Learning (1994)

As interest service-learning research multiples, there is a concomitant need for a theoretical base for service-learning. In...

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Dewey's Theory of Experience: Implications for Service Learning. (1991)

The book chapter relates John Dewey's concepts about education and experience to service-learning. Giles suggests a...
Role of Service-Learning in Today's College Curriculum, (The) (1991)

Giles attempts to answer the role of service-learning in higher education curriculum by first answering what the social and...