Service learning in action: Integrating reflection to deepen the educational experience

Baron, Benjamin K.; Schultz-Jones, Barbara

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Title

Service learning in action: Integrating reflection to deepen the educational experience

Author(s)

• Baron, Benjamin K.
• Schultz-Jones, Barbara

Issue Date

2013-02

Keyword(s)

• Learning Environments
• Service Learning
• Assessment
• Reflection
• Pedagogy
• education
• quantitative data analysis
• international service learning

Abstract

A constructivist learning environment perspective was applied to the potential for library science international service learning projects to provide a short term learning environment that introduces pedagogy, provides the opportunity to develop and apply new skills, energizes students to develop cultural competence, and develops reflective skills towards the pursuit of wisdom. Through the service learning experience, students are able to contribute directly to underserved communities while evolving their own cultural intelligence. The role of reflection in the service learning environment emerged as the dimension with highest significance in terms of short term educational goals of the program and long term student development as citizens of the world. Students reported that the actual experience of reflective behavior exceeded their anticipated levels of reflection at the beginning of the project. Professors reflected on the overall results in order to enrich the experience for future participants.

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iSchools

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/38378

DOI

https://doi.org/10.9776/13154

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