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Title: Changes in Involvement Preferences As Measured by the Community Service Involvement Preference Inventory.
Author : Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning
Release Date : January 22, 2000
Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 205 KB

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Previous research has confirmed that involvement in activities outside the classroom has positive effects on student learning and success (Astin, 1984; Astin, 1996; Cooper, Healy, & Simpson, 1994; Pascerella & Terrenzini, 1991). Furthermore, learning that is specific to increased social awareness and civic responsibility has been documented when participation involves community service (Astin & Sax, 1998). The qualities of active learning and student involvement characterize the service experience. More recently, these qualities are also common themes identified as precursors to achieving learning outcomes when combining community service and classroom learning. Learning outcomes of academic service-learning are as unique and diverse as the definition of service-learning itself (Weigert, 1998). It appears that students' motives for involvement as well as the actual learning outcomes differ between academic service-learning and co-curricular community service activities. Although the existence of these differences serves as the premise for this study, this study does not purport to resolve these differences. Instead, the emphasis here is on changes in students' involvement preferences that can be influenced by attitudes, values, and beliefs, thereby allowing any combination of learning outcomes to occur.