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Conrad, Dan; Hedin, Diane – 1987
This guidebook was developed to provide assistance to persons wishing to begin, expand, or promote programs of youth community service. It features examples of what young people already are doing and practical, down-to-earth ideas for designing, organizing, running, promoting, and supporting youth service programs. Special attention is given to…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Organizations, Community Programs, Community Services
Peer reviewedClark, Todd – Social Studies, 1990
Argues that school service programs involving students in volunteer community efforts should be included in democratic citizenship education. Suggests that encouraging cooperation through volunteer service combats corrosive and anti-democratic effects of excessive individualism. Lists six characteristics of effective programs, compiled by…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Community Programs
Download full textSalmond, Claire R. – 1983
Classroom projects, activities, and games for use in primary classrooms, which were developed by high school students serving as aides, are presented. Most of the projects are organized into the following curriculum areas: reading/language arts, multidisciplinary studies, mathematics, social studies, and science. Class activities having similar…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cross Age Teaching, Educational Games, Elementary School Mathematics
Peer reviewedEberly, Donald J. – NASSP Bulletin, 1985
This article discusses national, state, and local youth service, noting the initiatives of 1984-5, the association of national youth services with the military draft, some keys to deriving maximum value from youth service initiatives, and the outcomes that can be anticipated from a youth service program. (DCS)
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Federal Programs, Futures (of Society)
Lisman, C. David, Ed.; Harvey, Irene E., Ed. – 2000
This volume is part of a series of 18 monographs service learning and the academic disciplines. This collection focuses on the use of service learning as an approach to teaching and learning in philosophy. After a Foreword by David A. Hoekema and an Introduction by C. David Lisman, chapters in Part 1, "Service-Learning as a Mode of…
Descriptors: Art, College Students, Community Services, Critical Thinking
Crews, Robin J., Ed.; Weigert, Kathleen Maas, Ed.; Crews, Robin J., Ed. – 1999
This volume is part of a series of 18 monographs on service learning and the academic disciplines. This volume offers a collection of essays on the integration of service learning in the field of peace studies. After a Preface by Elise Boulding and an Introduction by Kathleen Maas Weigert and Robin J. Crews, titles in Part 1, "Conceptual…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Services, Conflict Resolution, Cultural Pluralism
PDF pending restorationBellard, Jan; Baldoquin, Hilda Gutierrez; Sachs, Andrew M. – 1996
This curriculum consists of three modules designed to provide AmeriCorps members with a foundation for learning conflict resolution skills. A trainer's guide identifies training goals, defines terms, and describes curriculum structure and delivery, training format, trainer's role, and follow-up. Modules I and II each require about 9 hours and…
Descriptors: Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Cooperation, Curriculum Guides
Galura, Joseph, Ed.; Meiland, Rachel, Ed.; Ross, Randy, Ed.; Callan, Mary Jo, Ed.; Smith, Rick, Ed. – 1993
This book gathers the comments of 27 contributors who are organizers, coordinators, participants, students and staff on a University of Michigan sociology praxis course, which combines community service with seminar-related opportunities for reflection, relevant readings, discussion questions and activities, journal assignments and meaningful,…
Descriptors: After School Education, Cross Cultural Training, Drug Addiction, Experiential Learning
Ward, Harold, Ed. – 1999
This volume is part of a series of 18 monographs on service learning and the academic disciplines. The essays in this volume focus on service-learning in a wide range of environmental studies. The Introduction, "Why is Service-Learning So Pervasive in Environmental Studies Programs?" was written by Harold Ward. The chapters in Part 1…
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Children, College Faculty
Peer reviewedRavitch, Diane – Social Studies, 1991
Presents a paper delivered in Poland in 1989 and in five additional Eastern European cities in 1990. Defines democracy and suggests ways to teach about democratic government. Explores education's role in a democracy. Encourages student participation in student government, classroom discussion, community service, and research projects to give them…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Civics, Civil Liberties
Peer reviewedSweeney, Jo Ann Cutler; Garrett, Alan W. – Social Studies, 1990
Summarizes reviews of research reports on classroom practice in the "Handbook of Research on Social Studies Teaching and Learning." Examines textbooks, instructional grouping, teaching methods, and computer-assisted instruction (especially games and simulations), and civic education through student participation in community programs.…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Community Programs
Ware, Cindy – 1990
This guide to more than 1,000 summer programs for teenagers encompasses recreational and academic programs sponsored by colleges, universities, independent schools, foundations, museums, nonprofit organizations, and for-profit businesses. Every program listed accepts students age 13-18; some programs also accept participants older or younger.…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Adolescents, Athletics, College Programs
Bringle, Robert G., Ed.; Duffy, Donna K., Ed. – 1998
This volume is part of a series of 18 monographs on service learning and the academic disciplines. The essays in this volume focus on the use of service learning as an approach to teaching and learning in psychology. Following the introduction, "Collaborating with the Community: Psychology and Service-Learning," by Donna K. Duffy and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Altruism, Bias, College Students
Thomas, Nancy L. – 1998
This paper considers how colleges and universities can best fulfill the commitment of service to external communities, broadly defined to include local, national, and international concerns. Data come from interviews with key institutional representatives. The first section of the paper offers specific examples of how various colleges and…
Descriptors: Citizenship Responsibility, College Faculty, College Role, College Students
Galura, Joseph, Ed.; Howard, Jeffrey, Ed.; Waterhouse, Dave, Ed.; Ross, Randy, Ed. – 1995
The 27 chapters of this book provide presentations, conference transcripts, manuals, and reflections by organizers, coordinators, participants, students and staff of service-learning sociology and education courses at the University of Michigan. The chapters are: "What National and Community Service Mean for Higher Education" (Goodwin…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Change Agents, Citizenship Education, Community Change
