Date of Completion
5-31-2009
Document Type
Open Access Capstone
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
First Advisor
Arthur Millman
Abstract
As an ESL teacher at a community college, my constant goal is to synergize teaching approaches and strategies so that in addition to maximizing students' language learning, their critical thinking skills, cultural competence, and reflectivity - as members of an increasingly growing multicultural society - are heightened. Most recently, I have been pursuing service-learning as a philosophy, pedagogy, and practice that can help students connect their classroom learning to concrete, exciting, and challenging learning situations beyond the classroom. This paper is an attempt to highlight service-learning as a powerful tool that can make a difference in students' lives as they take on important challenges and issues in their communities. Service-learning's power as a philosophy, pedagogy, and practice is examined, and its connections to current education trends, practices, and concepts are considered. Finally, practical ways of utilizing service-learning are presented, with the hope of inspiring other teachers (ESL or otherwise) to "test drive" service-learning with their students and communities.
Recommended Citation
Reyes, Andres R., "Incorporating Service-Learning into the ESL Curriculum: What Aspiring Practitioners Need to Know" (2009). Critical and Creative Thinking Capstones Collection. 252.
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/cct_capstone/252
Included in
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education Commons, Higher Education and Teaching Commons, Service Learning Commons
Comments
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