The "next wave" in service-learning: integrative, team-based engagements with structural objectives

The potential educational and developmental benefits of participating in service learning are reasonably well-documented. findings indicate that the service-learning experience enhances student skill levels and academic performance, social responsibility and personal and value development. Ideally t...

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Published in:Review of business 2002-03, Vol.23 (2), p.31
Main Author: Papamarcos, Steven D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Business education
Charitable foundations
College teaching
Learning
Mental health
Methods
Objectives
Service learning
Skills
Students
Success factors
United States
Universities and colleges
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Summary:The potential educational and developmental benefits of participating in service learning are reasonably well-documented. findings indicate that the service-learning experience enhances student skill levels and academic performance, social responsibility and personal and value development. Ideally the academic side enhances the service side, and the service experience supports academic learning. Service learning represents the most effective teaching tool available to the contemporary business school professor. However, in practice, it too-often involves students in activities that, while they may be valuable introspective as well as academic knowledge, fail to fully leverage the skills of today's business students. By introducing an integrative team-based, and structured approach, the authors seek to take this very powerful pedagogical enhancement to the next level.
ISSN:0034-6454