The Value of Capstone Projects to Participating Client Agencies

Schachter, David; Schwartz, Deena

doi:10.1080/15236803.2009.12001571

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“…In their survey of empirical research on service learning, Eyler, Giles, and Gray (1999) reported only eight studies that investigated community impacts in service learning. Subsequent research has largely focused on satisfaction with the service learning program (Ferrari & Worrall, 2000;Gelmon, 2003;Schachter & Schwartz, 2009), building capacity of the community-based organizations (e.g., strengthening networks, improving fund-raising; Budhai, 2013;Carpenter & Krist, 2011;Geller, Zuckerman & Seidel, 2016;Olberding & Hacker, 2016), strengthening town-gown relationships (Sandy & Holland, 2006), utilizing free labor and knowledge of college students and other university resources (Budhai, 2013;Carpenter & Krist, 2011;Edwards, Mooney & Heald, 2001;Olberding & Hacker, 2016;Worrall, 2007), and improved client service (Geller, Zuckerman & Seidel, 2016;Gray, et al, 2000).…”

Section: Prior Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Service-Learning as a Catalyst for Community Change: An Empirical Examination Measuring the Benefits of a Life Skills Curriculum in Local At-Risk High Schools

Helm-Stevens¹,

Dickerson²,

Fall³

2019

BMR

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This research attempts to measure the impact of service-learning on community recipientsat-risk high school students in urban Southern California. The service-learning project, an integrative, six-week assignment, involves upper-division business majors delivering the Options: Business Education and Life Skills curriculum to at-risk students in two local alternative education high schools. In addition to delivering business education and life skills, a critical design component of the curriculum is the opportunity for college students to be role models and provide mentoring guidance to at-risk high school students. This study used surveys to gather data on student perceptions of four constructs: (1) strengths and values, (2) school and work-related skills, (3) business etiquette and resume building, and (4) future life and career planning. Pre-tests and post-tests were administered to gauge differences in perception during the six-week service-learning project. Results indicated positive effects of the service-learning curriculum overall. Further, the data revealed statistically significant results with particularly noteworthy outcomes in the planning for the future and preparing for the world of work responses.While there is a vast body of research on the positive impact of service-learning on university students, in comparison, little has been said about its impact on the community, including P-12 student participants. A study of the historical and philosophical review of service learning (see, e.g., Beatty, 2010) suggests that early practitioners of service-learning needed to defend it as an effective pedagogy as well as respond to changing social views of the purpose of higher education and therefore focused their research on the benefits of the model for college students.More recently, researchers have become curious about the sustainability of service learning relationships between community-based organizations and institutions of higher education

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Service-Learning as a Catalyst for Community Change: An Empirical Examination Measuring the Benefits of a Life Skills Curriculum in Local At-Risk High Schools

Helm-Stevens¹,

Dickerson²,

Fall³

2019

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“…Research shows that experiential education approaches can be beneficial to the students who participate in them, the universities that implement and oversee the approaches, and the nonprofit community (e.g., Bacon, 2002;Bright, Bright, & Haley, 2007;Bushouse, 2005;Gazley, Bennett & Littlepage, 2013;Perry & Imperial, 2001;Schachter & Schwartz, 2009;Walder & Hunter, 2008). However, virtually all of the research has focused on experiential education used within a single university or a single approach (i.e., service-learning) implemented within a limited number of universities.…”

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“…However, there is little literature that focuses on experiential education within nonprofit management education. In the literature that does exist, scholars discuss one or two types of approaches implemented in a nonprofit-focused master's degree program; for example, service-learning implemented in a MPA course (Walder & Hunter, 2008), the capstone approach used within a MPA program (Schachter & Schwartz, 2009;Smith 2005), or the experiential learning approach used within a nonprofit master's degree program (Carpenter & Krist, 2011). There is little research that discusses the variety of experiential education approaches used within multiple nonprofit-focused master's degree programs across the United States.…”

Section: Experiential Education Within Nonprofit Management Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Challenging Servant Leadership In The Nonprofit Sector: The Side Effects Of Servant Leadership

Palumbo

2016

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“…The value conflict is considered to be a factor that induces the gap between value and action by hindering the persistence and consistency of consumption choice [11,28,36,37]. On the other hand, Schacter et al [38] suggested that the value conflict has a positive effect in that it can stimulate consumers to think more actively and make better alternative choices through the conflict adjustment process [39]. The effects of consumers' value conflicts on SRC have been presented in several studies, but little is known about consumer perspectives on the value conflict situation.…”

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confidence: 99%

Shopping for Society? Consumers’ Value Conflicts in Socially Responsible Consumption Affected by Retail Regulation

2017

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Abstract:Consumers have a dual role as economic actors who purchase products and as citizens comprising society. Thus, consumers may experience conflict between pursuing personal values (i.e., low price and high quality) and social values (i.e., equity and common good). In addition, these choices can be affected by governmental regulation of retail markets. This study aimed to identify consumer perspectives toward socially responsible consumption (SRC) in the choice of grocery store format and to investigate actual store choice behavior across consumer groups with those different perspectives while considering the role of retail regulation. For this purpose, we conducted a Q methodological study in which 30 South Korean consumers rank-ordered 40 statements regarding SRC. After performing Q factor analysis using PQ-Method software, we classified four distinctive consumer groups: "ethical conformist", "market liberalist", "ambivalent bystander", and "internally conflicted". After investigating similarities and differences between these consumer groups, we found major criteria for understanding consumer perspectives to SRC such as the priority of values pursued, the experience of a value-action gap, and internal conflicts in the decision-making process.

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The Value of Capstone Projects to Participating Client Agencies

Cited by 26 publications

References 6 publications

Service-Learning as a Catalyst for Community Change: An Empirical Examination Measuring the Benefits of a Life Skills Curriculum in Local At-Risk High Schools

Service-Learning as a Catalyst for Community Change: An Empirical Examination Measuring the Benefits of a Life Skills Curriculum in Local At-Risk High Schools

Challenging Servant Leadership In The Nonprofit Sector: The Side Effects Of Servant Leadership

Shopping for Society? Consumers’ Value Conflicts in Socially Responsible Consumption Affected by Retail Regulation

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