Reducing Academic Achievement Gaps: The Role of Community Service and Service-Learning

2006 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter C. Scales ◽  
Eugene C. Roehlkepartain ◽  
Marybeth Neal ◽  
James C. Kielsmeier ◽  
Peter L. Benson
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Achievement Gaps

Book Review: Promoting Community Renewal through Civic Literacy and Service Learning

NASPA Journal ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael H. Persons ◽  
David Lisman
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Community Renewal ◽  
Academic Instruction ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Government ◽  
Civic Literacy

This is an optimistic, and useful, book written at a pessimistic time. In an era when the nation faces many social problems - including alienation from the government and work, the fragmentation of the family, and an expanding materialism - this book promoting civic literacy approaches to service learning and seeks to help educators in their efforts to redefine the role of civics in contemporary society. The civic literacy approach to service learning is defined as pedagogy that combines community service and academic instruction and that focuses on critical, reflective thinking and civic responsiblity. The editors challenge community colleges to act as catalysts for a national movement of community renewal, suggesting that they may be our best hope for finding ways to solve our social problems.

scholarly journals A Cry for Help: Suicide Attempts by an Iraqi Refugee and the Role of Community Service Learning

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-74
Author(s):  
Jennifer T DCruz
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Training Method ◽  
Community Service Learning ◽  
Cry For Help ◽  
Cultural Taboos ◽  
Iraqi Refugee

Community Service Learning (CSL) is a method of teaching where students learn through active participation in thoughtfully organized community service. CSL has emerged as a promising training method to address the changing needs of medical students and to improve their social accountability (1,2). Medical schools are beginning to incorporate community service learning into their curriculums as a way to introduce students to the complicated world of delivering care to vulnerable populations. Mr. A, a refugee from Iraq, immigrated to Canada in June 2015 with his family. Five months later, during a CSL medical intake interview with two medical students and an Arabic interpreter, he revealed to have ongoing suicidal ideation and multiple suicide attempts. Due to significant cultural taboos and stigma around mental illness, Mr. A was initially very hesitant to seek medical help. However, with the help of the CSL program he was able to get much needed medical care.

scholarly journals Competences of Adult Learning Facilitators in Community Service Learning: A Review of Literatures

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-132
Author(s):  
Ciptro Handrianto ◽  
Ahmet Serhat Uçar ◽  
Eko Saputra ◽  
Yanti Karmila Nengsih ◽  
Ary Kiswanto Kenedi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Adult Learning ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Community Services ◽  
Community Service Learning ◽  
Management Communication ◽  
Communication Assessment ◽  
Learning Programs

Community Service Learning (CSL) is designed to help communities in solving their social problems. The role of adult learning facilitators is important to ensure that all the programs of CSL are running well. This study aims to investigate the competences of adult learning facilitators in community service learning programs. The methodology used in this study is literature review. A total of 85 journal papers were identified by the search machine. However, only 15 articles selected to be reviewed in this study. The result shows that there are five main competences that should be mastered by learning facilitators in community services, such as: Knowledge, Management, Communication, Assessment, and Motivation (KoMCAMo). It can be concluded that the competences of adult learning facilitators play significant role to implement the CSL among community`s members. For recommendation, the future projects related to CSL need to require competent facilitators to enhance participation of community for joining the programs. The regular trainings are encouraged to adult learning facilitators to create an effective CLS`s program.

School Success and School Engagement of Immigrant Children and Adolescents

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 126-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frosso Motti-Stefanidi ◽  
Ann S. Masten
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
School Engagement ◽  
School Success ◽  
Immigrant Children ◽  
Integrative Model ◽  
High Stakes ◽  
The Individual

Academic achievement in immigrant children and adolescents is an indicator of current and future adaptive success. Since the future of immigrant youths is inextricably linked to that of the receiving society, the success of their trajectory through school becomes a high stakes issue both for the individual and society. The present article focuses on school success in immigrant children and adolescents, and the role of school engagement in accounting for individual and group differences in academic achievement from the perspective of a multilevel integrative model of immigrant youths’ adaptation ( Motti-Stefanidi, Berry, Chryssochoou, Sam, & Phinney, 2012 ). Drawing on this conceptual framework, school success is examined in developmental and acculturative context, taking into account multiple levels of analysis. Findings suggest that for both immigrant and nonimmigrant youths the relationship between school engagement and school success is bidirectional, each influencing over time the other. Evidence regarding potential moderating and mediating roles of school engagement for the academic success of immigrant youths also is evaluated.

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