SERVING AND LEARNING ATA UNIVERSITY LABORATORY SCHOOL: STUDENTS FROM BIRTH THOUGH ADULTHOOD BENEFIT WHEN SERVICE LEARNING IS INTEGRATED INTO THE PRESERVICE CURRICULUM
Titel:
SERVING AND LEARNING ATA UNIVERSITY LABORATORY SCHOOL: STUDENTS FROM BIRTH THOUGH ADULTHOOD BENEFIT WHEN SERVICE LEARNING IS INTEGRATED INTO THE PRESERVICE CURRICULUM
Auteur:
Freeman, Nancy K. Swick, Kevin
Verschenen in:
Journal of early childhood teacher education
Paginering:
Jaargang 21 (2000) nr. 1 pagina's 93-105
Jaar:
2000
Inhoud:
Service-Learning (S-L) pedagogy is attracting increased attention in teacher education. This article describes the implementation of S-L in the preservice early childhood curriculum, which placed students in a birth-5 years setting. It identifies a continuum of learning to care, which begins in infancy, as caring capacities emerge, through to adulthood, when preservice teachers learn from experienced mentors how caring characterizes their interactions with learners of all ages. Students' journals indicate they believe S-L experiences contribute to their personal, academic and professional development. Carefully implemented S-L experiences validate students' caring interactions, give them first-hand experiences with young children during which they can apply theoretical constructs, provide experiences which help them clarify their own career goals, and make them feel better prepared to manage instructional and classroom management dimensions of working with young children.
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