Combining Service and Learning on Campus and in the Community

Student workshops can complement coursework in the academic disciplines and provide field training for public health, social work, urban planning, and other professions. This article describes three community-planning workshops for college students: a community planning workshop in rural east centra...

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Published in:Phi Delta Kappan 1996-05, Vol.77 (9), p.600-606
Main Author: Checkoway, Barry
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic learning
City planning
College Students
Colleges & universities
Communities
Community associations
Community Involvement
Community Planning
Community Problems
Community Relations
Community service
Community Services
Cooperative Programs
Curricula
Educational Change
Educational Experience
Experiential Learning
Field Experience Programs
Higher Education
Housing
Intellectual Disciplines
Leadership Training
Learning
Low Income
Methods
Neighborhood Improvement
Neighborhoods
Program Descriptions
Program Development
Regional Planning
School social work
Service Learning
Service Learning: In Service What?
Social Action
Social Responsibility
Social service volunteers
Social work education
Student community service
Student Participation
Student Projects
Student service
Student volunteers
Student volunteers in social service
Study and teaching
Technical Assistance
Training
Undergraduate Students
Universities
Urban Planning
Volunteer labor
Volunteer workers in social service
Voter registration
Workshops
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Summary:Student workshops can complement coursework in the academic disciplines and provide field training for public health, social work, urban planning, and other professions. This article describes three community-planning workshops for college students: a community planning workshop in rural east central Illinois, a neighborhood revitalization project in Chicago, and a University of Michigan-sponsored voter participation workshop. (12 references) (MLH)
ISSN:0031-7217
1940-6487