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ERIC Number: EJ953603
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Feb
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0888-4064
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Immersing Students in the Culture of Disability through Service Learning
Santos, Rosa Milagros; Ruppar, Andrea L.; Jeans, Laurie M.
Teacher Education and Special Education, v35 n1 p49-63 Feb 2012
This article provides a description of service learning implemented in an introductory special education course focused on the culture of disability. Collaborating with liaisons from five community service organizations, students provided services to individuals with disabilities in a variety of projects across two semesters. Communication and collaboration at all phases of the project were essential to ensuring that service learning was salient to the organization and meaningful to the students. The students presented a final report about their service-learning project and individually submitted a paper reflecting on their experience. Pre- and post-ratings of students' perspectives of the culture of disability were gathered. Students reported increased knowledge related to course content, and all participants reported satisfaction with the projects. Strategies that proved successful in assisting students accomplish their project goals are discussed. Recommendations for the use of service learning in personnel preparation of future special educators are presented. (Contains 4 tables.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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