Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ536804
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-1056-6325
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Community-Based Learning Projects for the "Real World."
Davis, Chris
Social Studies Review, v35 n3 p43-47 Spr-Sum 1996
Recommends a broad application of experiential learning and community service projects as a means of reinvigorating social studies and making them relevant. Describes a number of projects from service learning to local history that illustrate this approach. Discusses this approach in terms of benefits, real life application, and assessment. (MJP)
Descriptors: Community Services, Course Content, Cross Age Teaching, Cultural Awareness, Educational Strategies, Experiential Learning, Instructional Innovation, Interdisciplinary Approach, Local History, Peer Teaching, Place Based Education, Public Service, Relevance (Education), School Community Programs, Secondary Education, Self Actualization, Service Learning, Social Development, Social Studies, Student Participation, Student Projects, Student Volunteers, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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