Outcomes for underrepresented and misrepresented college students in service-learning classes: Supporting agents of change.

Author(s):  
Regina Day Langhout ◽  
David L. Gordon
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1-2018) ◽  
pp. 80-97
Author(s):  
Sang Hoon Bae ◽  
Sue Bin Jeon ◽  
Song le Han

In the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution, higher education institutions should change practices of educational programs and services, which are mainly based on traditional classroom-based instructions, to allow students to have more diverse experiences. Since college students spend relatively more time engaged in out-of-class activities than attending regular courses, it is necessary to examine how participating in out-of-class programs is related to cultivation of the competencies that the future demands. This study explores the relationship between out-of-class activity participation and perceived change in cognitive and social outcomes of Korean college students. Five out-of-class activities were examined: learning community, undergraduate research, service learning, internship, and residential college programs. K-NSSE (Korea-National Survey of Student Engagement) data were analyzed using hierarchical linear model analysis. The study findings are consistent with the results of previous research that demonstrated a positive association between participating in out-of-class activities and students’ cognitive and social outcomes.


2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (7S_Part_12) ◽  
pp. P581-P581
Author(s):  
Daniel C. Potts ◽  
Keisha D. Carden ◽  
Emily Broman ◽  
Jacquelynn Myrick ◽  
Sydney Gately ◽  
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2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-314
Author(s):  
Jennifer Leeman ◽  
Lisa Rabin ◽  
Esperanza Román-Mendoza

This article describes a critical service-learning initiative in which college students of Spanish taught in an after-school Spanish class for young heritage language (HL) speakers at a local elementary school. We contextualize the program within broad curricular revisions made to the undergraduate Spanish program in recent years, explaining how critical pedagogy and our students’ experiences motivated the design of the program. After describing the program, we analyze reflections from participants that show how the experience helped them take their critical language agency beyond the classroom walls and integrate university, school and community knowledges, as both the college students and the children they taught came to view their cultural and linguistic heritages to be of educational and public importance.


Author(s):  
Elizabeth Ann Ethridge ◽  
Vickie E. Lake ◽  
Amber H. Beisly

Research has indicated that teachers typically do not view themselves as advocates for many reasons such as fear of personal and professional risk (Peters & Reid, 2009). Participants include both preservice teachers and graduates of an early childhood teacher education program. This chapter addresses how the program utilized intentional assignments and group and individual scaffolding as preservice teachers moved from experiencing service learning to pure advocacy. Through a mixed methods study, preservice teachers began to see themselves as agents of change with increased confidence and sense of power. These transformations continued as graduates of the program reported they were still engaging in advocacy.


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