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Article

Publication Date

2003

Abstract

This national study was designed to gain an understanding of the status of service-learning in teacher education programs. Results indicate that service-learning is introduced to preservice teachers in the majority of teacher education institutions (59%), while 37% prepare their teacher candidates to use service-learning as a teaching method. Although service-learning exists in the language and curriculum of the majority of teacher education programs, it still resides largely on the periphery. The quality, depth, and integration of service-learning are very limited. Teacher educators need increased institutional support and a deeper understanding of service-learning theory and practice for it to become a more fully integrated component of teacher education.

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Anderson, Jeffrey B., and Joseph A. Erickson. "Service-learning in preservice teacher education." Academic Exchange Quarterly, Summer 2003, p. 111-115.

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