Challenges and Opportunities of Community Service Learning - Softcover

Ronen, Ilana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 363976398X ISBN 13: 9783639763980

Verlag: VDM Verlag, 2015

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One of the central challenges of education is to instill educators with a sense of social responsibility to their communities. The research examines the contribution of community service learning to enhancing student teachers` responsibility and their social involvement as well as to teacher training. The challenges and opportunities of learning communities focused on analyzing social issues and educational repercussions in the field are presented in this study. The assumption was that participating in learning community would further implement student teachers` community social involvement while enhancing responsibility in their field of action. The findings pinpointed that there were positive opportunities of the learning communities from a personal aspect such as developing self-learning, and learning about "me", as well as broaden their teaching skills, through methodology for teacher training, and developing reflective thought. These insights can also be implemented in adults educational frameworks and during service learning as part of teacher training.

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Ilana Ronen, PhD: Studied Biochemistry and Science Education at Tel- Aviv University. Lecturing on physics and chemistry courses and also supervises M.Ed. students at Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology and arts. Her research interests include emergent knowledge in communities of learners, alternative conceptions, P.D.S and on-line learning.

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• Verlag: VDM Verlag
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 363976398X
• ISBN 13: 9783639763980
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 56
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