The Ultimate Student Teaching Guide

Impacting resilience and persistence in underrepresented populations through service-learning

“…This typology does little to support an inquiry-based learning environment in which teacher-learner equity is the goal. However, service-learning is a proven, educational experience that offers students the opportunity to participate in organized service activities that meet identified community needs in an effort to gain increased understanding of course content and research skills (Daniels et al, 2010a(Daniels et al, , 2011b(Daniels et al, , 2014. Teaching, as a strategy, is an often overlooked approach to the attrition and progression problems, yet it may offer an innovative, educational solution.…”

“…Hence, the focus of this research is grounded in an eclectic array of broadly defined theories, consistency of interest and perseverance (Duckworth et al, 2007), and learning dispositions and networks (Waring and Evans, 2015). Previous research (Daniels et al, 2010a(Daniels et al, , 2011b(Daniels et al, , 2013(Daniels et al, , 2014Patterson et al, 2013) builds on an educational framework, which establishes positive outcomes through the use of service-learning Impacting resilience and persistence pedagogy for students at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The findings note that this diverse approach to teaching supports a variety of academic content areas and, most importantly, facilitates engagement and interest in underrepresented populations (Patterson et al, 2013).…”