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Enhancing learning through community engagement:
Understanding challenges for adult learners
This paper compares adult learners (24+) with younger students on a number of measures of civic participation. Attitudinal and behavioral comparisons are made between groups regarding views on civic participation, promotion of social causes, participation in formal organizations, and overall views of community based service learning experiences. Secondly, student and faculty perspectives on the benefits and barriers of participating in CBSL classes are examined. From our discussions with students and faculty, suggestions for promoting civic engagement projects and the policy implications of this are offered.
Helen Rosenberg, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Sociology, Director of the Gerontology Certificate Program and Faculty Co-Director for the Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. She has published in the areas of mental illness, substance use among older populations, and community policing. She teaches classes in deviance, mental illness, substance use and abuse, and gerontology.
Anne Statham, Ph.D. is Visiting Professor of Sociology and Director of Service Learning at the University of Southern Indiana. She is on leave from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, where she has been founding Director of the Institute for Community Based Learning for 6 years. She teaches and publishes in the areas of applied community research, social psychology, and gender.
Enhancing learning through community engagement:
Understanding challenges for adult learners
This paper compares adult learners (24+) with younger students on a number of measures of civic participation. Attitudinal and behavioral comparisons are made between groups regarding views on civic participation, promotion of social causes, participation in formal organizations, and overall views of community based service learning experiences. Secondly, student and faculty perspectives on the benefits and barriers of participating in CBSL classes are examined. From our discussions with students and faculty, suggestions for promoting civic engagement projects and the policy implications of this are offered.
Helen Rosenberg, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Sociology, Director of the Gerontology Certificate Program and Faculty Co-Director for the Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. She has published in the areas of mental illness, substance use among older populations, and community policing. She teaches classes in deviance, mental illness, substance use and abuse, and gerontology.
Anne Statham, Ph.D. is Visiting Professor of Sociology and Director of Service Learning at the University of Southern Indiana. She is on leave from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, where she has been founding Director of the Institute for Community Based Learning for 6 years. She teaches and publishes in the areas of applied community research, social psychology, and gender.
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