ERIC Number: EJ1442329
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-0024-9033
EISSN: EISSN-1916-0666
Middle School Teachers' Perspectives of How Service Learning Projects Contribute to Student Well-Being
Jennifer Watt; Heather Krepski; Rebeca Heringer
McGill Journal of Education, v58 n2 p225-247 2023-2024
The purpose of this study was to explore how teacherpractitioners in a Canadian middle school perceive students' experiences of well-being in student-led service learning projects (SLPs). Through semistructured interviews, we explored five school practitioners' accounts of how SLPs contributed to student relating and functioning in a well-being context. The themes identified demonstrate how well-being can be deliberately integrated within curricular aspects of schooling, and how student well-being can be enhanced as well as enriched when practitioners include well-being as an aim. We conclude that although students may encounter discomfort in the planning and implementation of SLPs, they provide authentic opportunities to develop student voice and autonomy, which can make education more meaningful to them.
Descriptors: Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Service Learning, Middle School Teachers, Student Welfare, Well Being, Educational Practices, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Student Empowerment, Personal Autonomy
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Elementary Education; Grade 5; Intermediate Grades; Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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