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Serriere, Stephanie; McGarry, Lori; Fuentes, David; Mitra, Dana – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2012
At its best, service learning involves students making meaningful connections to their own community and feeling empowered by the experience. Unfortunately, in the elementary years, student service-learning is often a one-shot effort in which adults make decisions for children, preventing them from truly having a hand in the project's direction…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Homeless People, Elementary School Students, Teaching Methods
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Eapen, Rachel Lalitha – Journal of International Education Research, 2011
In countries where English is a second language, there has been a movement over the last 60 years from supporting indigenous languages over foreign language--English--to the present one where, with globalization and market demands, English is beginning to be seen as an indigenous language in itself. The teaching of English from Grade 1 about five…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Second Languages, Global Approach, Teacher Orientation