ERIC Number: EJ1024440
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 17
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Literacy Teachers Engage in Service-Learning via Community Organization Involvement
Dooley, Caitlin McMunn; Mays, Lydia Criss
Teacher Educator, v49 n1 p44-60 2014
Service-learning provides community service as well as authentic, curriculum-driven learning experiences (Furco & Root, 2010) and has been an effective component of teacher education courses (García, Arias, Murri, & Surna, 2010; Mitton-Kukner, Nelson, & Descrochers, 2010; Spencer, Cox-Petersen, & Crawford, 2005). With these authentic experiences, teachers construct conceptions of literacy learning as broader than classroom teaching and learning. This study investigates how 54 preservice elementary teachers (hereafter called teachers) learned about literacy development and cultural responsivity by engaging in a service-learning experience.
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Service Learning, Learning Experience, Literacy, Culturally Relevant Education, Citizen Participation, Methods Courses, Reflection, Assignments, Student Attitudes, Visual Aids, Program Effectiveness, Teaching Methods
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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