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5th Annual International Conference: Advances in Service-learning Research. Nov 13-15, 2005. East Lansing, Michigan Michigan State University Home Page

Conference Program


Registration

Registration Times

Saturday, November 12, 8:00 - 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 13, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Monday, November 14, 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, November 15, 7:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Location: South Lobby, Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center


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Preconference: Saturday, November 12

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.


Room: Vista

Reflection in Service-Learning: Theory, Principles, and Practice
Presenter: Marshall Welch

Lunch: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. | Room: The State Room

Lunch is for preconference participants


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Day 1: Sunday, November 13

Opening Lunch: 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. | Room: Lincoln

Welcome by Karen McKnight Casey, Director, Center for Service-Learning and Civic Engagement
Report on State of the Association meeting by Shelley Billig, RMC Research Corporation

Concurrent Sessions: 1:45 - 3:15 p.m.

Room: 106

Session Chair: Andrea Hart

Strand: Impacts - Community
The Community Dimension of Service-Learning: A Multi-Faceted Challenge for Researchers
Presenter: Barbara Holland

Room: 103AB

Session Chair: Amanda Schafer

Strand: Impacts - Student Outcomes
Understanding the Post-College Impacts of Service-Learning
Presenter: Lori Vogelgesang

Room: 105AB

Session Chair: Angela Allen

Strand: Impacts - Community
Assessing a Community-University Partnership: The CommUniverCity Collaborative
Presenters: Debra David, Amy Strage

Room: 104AB

Session Chair: Margaret Boreman

Strand: Institutionalization
Institutional Change to Support Community-Engaged Scholarship: Testing New Methods
Presenters: Sherril B. Gelmon, Sarena Seifer, Megan Mikkelsen, Jennifer Kauper-Brown

Room: 101

Session Chair: Kathryn Ann Agard

Strand: Teacher Education/K-12
School Citizenship Education Climate Assessment: Implications for Service-Learning
Presenters: Gary Homana, Carolyn Barber

Concurrent Sessions: 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Room: 106

Session Chair: Richard Kiely

Strand: Theory/Pedagogy
Identifying the Most Important/Influential Research Studies from the Past 25 Years: Report on a Delphi Study of Service-Learning Research
Presenters: Robert Shumer, Larry Bailis, Alan Melchior, Shelley Billig, Dwight Giles, Janet Eyler

Room: 105AB

Session Chair: Andrea L. Dinan

Strand: Teacher Education/K-12
Factors Influencing Preservice Teachers' Career Commitment and Attitudes Toward Diversity Across Multiple Service-Learning Experiences: Results from a Multi-Campus Collaboration
Presenters: Ana Garcia-Nevarez, Amy Strage, Kari Knutson-Miller

Room: 103AB

Session Chair: Amanda Schafer

Strand: Theory/Pedagogy
Creating and Using a Reflection Rubric for Capturing Components of Service-Learning
Presenter: Jean Strait

Strand: Theory/Pedagogy
How do I Measure Reflection in Service-Learning?
Presenter: Jean Strait

Room: 104AB

Session Chair: Ashley Staebler

Strand: Impacts - Student Outcomes
How Does Community Service/Service-Learning Affect College Students' Career Choices?
Presenter: Jie Yao

Strand: Methodology
How Do I Know Service-Learning Works in My Courses? Using Phenomenological Inquiry as a Means of Evaluation
Presenter: Regina Trudy Praetorius

Room: Lincoln

Introduction: Shelley Billig, RMC Research Corporation

Dinner and Keynote Speaker: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Approaching Democratic Engagement: Research Findings on Civic Learning and Civic Practice
Presenter: Rick Battisoni

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Day 2: Monday, November 14

Breakfast: 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. | Room: Lincoln


Concurrent Sessions: 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.

Room: 106

Session Chair: Bennett Ramsey

Strand: Methodology
Beyond Anecdote Revisited: Further Challenges in Bringing Rigor to Service-Learning Research
Presenters: Sherril B. Gelmon, Andrew Furco, Barbara Holland, Robert Bringle

Room: 104AB

Session Chair: Debra David

Strand: Impacts - Student Outcomes
Critical Thinking Process in a Higher Education Service-Learning Program
Presenters: Diana Pacheco-Pinzón, Frida Díaz-Barriga, Janet Eyler

Room: 105AB

Session Chair: Trae Stewart

Strand: Methodology
Engaging Scholars in the Scholarship of Engagement: A Campus Program that Works to Advance Research, Publication, and Creative Knowledge Production
Presenters: Kevin Kecskes, Peter Collier

Room: 103AB

Session Chair: Melody A. Bowdon

Strand: Teacher Education/K-12
The Academic Impact of Service-Learning on New Jersey Public High Schools
Presenter: Andrea L. Dinan

Strand: International K-12
K-12 Service-Learning in Argentina: Descriptive Research on 4,300 Schools and Their Service Projects, as Presented to Argentina Presidential Award "Premio Presidencial Escuelas Solidarias" 2000-2001
Presenter: María Nieves Tapia

Strand: Teacher Education/K-12
Investigation of Missing Data Patterns in Georgia Academic Learn & Serve Program
Presenters: Meltem Alemdar

Concurrent Sessions: 10:15 - 11:45 a.m.

Room: 106

Session Chair: Andrea Hart

Strand: Civic Engagement
Infusing Service-Learning in the Social Studies: Civic Outcomes of the 3rd-12th Grade CiviConnections Program
Presenter: Rahima Wade, Donald B. Yarbrough

Room: 103AB

Session Chair: Jennifer Piscatelli

Strand: Methodology
The North Carolina Research and Scholarship Initiative: Pitfalls and Possibilities in Statewide Collaboration on Service-Learning Scholarship
Presenters: Bennett Ramsey, Patti Clayton, Lynne A. Bercaw, Cathy Hamilton, Jenny Huq, Terina Roberson, Vicki Stocking, Beth Warner

Room: 105AB

Session Chair: Angela M. Harwood

Strand: Impacts - Student Outcomes
Outcomes of Participation in Four-Year Scholarships-For-Service Project on 25 Campuses
Presenters: Cheryl Keen, Kelly Hall

Room: 104AB

Session Chair: Nancy Crocker

Strand: Civic Engagement
Charity and Social Change: Considering the Individual and His/Her Context in Service-Learning
Presenters: Barbara Moely, Andrew Furco, Devi Miron

Room: Lincoln

Introduction: Hiram E. Fitzgerald, MSU Assistant Provost for University Outreach and Engagement

Lunch and Keynote Speaker: 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Promoting Children's Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning
Roger Weissberg

Concurrent Sessions: 1:45 - 3:15 p.m.

Room: 106

Session Chair: Karen Pickard

Strand: Teacher Education/K-12
Outcome Evaluation of Learning to Give: Outcome Research From an Eight-Year Study of New Curricular Resources for Service-Learning
Presenters: Kathryn Ann Agard, Diane Zimmerman

Room: 104AB

Session Chair: Kathleen H. Stacey

Strand: Faculty Development
Enhancing Service-Learning Pedagogy and Scholarship: Results from a Formal Evaluation of a Faculty Fellows Program
Presenters: Angela M. Harwood, Lisa Moulds

Room: 103AB

Session Chair: Nick Cutforth

Strand: Theory/Pedagogy
Assessing Participant Impacts from a National Environmental Education Program
Presenters: Alan Melchior, Vince Meldrum

Room: 105AB

Session Chair: Sherril B. Gelmon

Strand: Impacts - Student Outcomes
Does the Service Matter? Comparative Benefits of Direct and Indirect Service-Learning Experiences
Presenters: Susan M. Coomey, Felicia L. Wilczenski

Strand: Methodology
Service-Learning and Civic Outcomes: From Suggestive Research to Program Models
Presenters: Suzanne Pritzker, Amanda Moore McBride

Strand: Impacts - Student Outcomes
Integrating Service-Learning in Teacher Training Programs in South Africa: The Pivotal Voice of Students
Presenters: CJ Gerda Bender, René Jordaan

Room: 101

Session Chair: Lori Simons

Strand: Implementation
Virtual Communities: Research on Service-Learning in the Digital Age
Presenters: Melody A. Bowdon, Margaret Boreman

Concurrent Sessions: 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Room: 106

Session Chair: CJ Gerda Bender

Strand: Faculty Development
Institutionalizing Service-Learning in Higher Education through Faculty Development: Findings from a Study
Presenters: Andrew Furco, Barbara Moely

Room: 103AB

Session Chair: Lizbeth J. Stevens

Strand: Impacts - Student Outcomes
An Evaluation of Academic Service-Learning: A Student and Community Perspective on Lessons Learned
Presenters: Lori Simons, Beverly Cleary

Room: 105AB

Session Chair: Karen Pickard

Strand: Teacher Education/K-12
Scaffolding Community Service and Service-Learning to Prepare Teachers and Their Students for Civic Engagement
Presenters: Lynne A. Bercaw, Samantha Bennert, Katie Lamberth

Room: 104AB

Session Chair: Robert Shumer

Strand: Theory/Pedagogy
Institutionalizing Service-Learning with Social Justice
Presenters: Sondra Cuban, Jeffrey Anderson

Strand: Theory/Pedagogy
Managing the Challenges of Teaching Community-Based Research Courses
Presenters: Nick Cutforth, Vicki Stocking

Room: 101

Strand: Impacts - Student Outcomes
Impact of Service-Learning on High School Students' Civic Engagement
Presenters: Shelley Billig, Sue Root

Affinity Groups: 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Complete list of groups is at the registration desk

Reception Hosted by MSU: 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. | Room: Lincoln

Guest Speaker: Alison Barber, Secretary of the Board of Trustees and Executive Assistant to the MSU President


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Day 3: Tuesday, November 15

Breakfast: 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. | Room: Lincoln


Concurrent Sessions: 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.

Room: 106

Session Chair: Crystal Lunsford

Strand: Theory/Pedagogy
Understanding the Theory and Practice of International Service-Learning: A Comparative Case Study of Three Program Models
Presenters: Richard Kiely, Donna Nielsen, Eric Hartman

Room: 105AB

Session Chair: Julie Hagstrom

Strand: Impacts - Student Outcomes
Protecting Students: The Psychological and Emotional Impact of Action Research
Presenters: Krisanna Machtmes, Regina Trudy Praetorius

Room: 101

Session Chair: Derik Redding

Strand: Faculty Development
Academic Service-Learning Faculty Fellows' Attitudes and Actions: From a National and International Perspective
Presenters: Kathleen H. Stacey, CJ Gerda Bender

Concurrent Sessions: 10:15 - 11:45 a.m.

Room: 106

Session Chair: Danielle Flores

Strand: Faculty Development
Institutionalization of Service-Learning in Higher Education: How Faculty in South Africa Find Their Way
Presenter: CJ Gerda Bender

Room: 105AB

Session Chair: Stephen Meyer

Strand: Teacher Education/K-12
Growing to Greatness: The State of Service-Learning Project as a Culture-Building Element in the Service-Learning Movement
Presenter: Marybeth Neal

Room: 104AB

Session Chair: Barbara E. Moely

Strand: International
The Impact and Benefits of an International TESOL Service-Learning Program
Presenters: Lynn Henrichsen, Maryruth Farnsworth

Room: 103AB

Session Chair: Ghada Georgis

Strand: Impacts - Student Outcomes
Impacts of a Service-Learning Seminar and Practicum on Preservice Teachers' Understanding of Pedagogy, Community, and Themselves
Presenters: Angela M. Harwood

Strand: Impacts - Community
Considering the Nexus: Cultural Theory and Community-University Partnership Development
Presenter: Kevin Kecskes

Room: 101

Session Chair: Derik Redding

Strand: Civic Engagement
Assessment of Civic Knowledge, Skills and Dispositions, and Opportunities for Service-Learning Research
Presenters: Jennifer Piscatelli, John Minkler

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Posters - Tuesday, November 15

Breakfast: 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. | Room: Lincoln


Posters Session: 8:30 - 10:00 a.m. | Room: Lincoln


Win Win Win Win With VITA: Building a Research Model from Baseline Data
Presenters: Nancy K. Swanborg, Faye Schuett, La Vonda Ramey, Gerard Mellnick, Michelle Randall, Susan P. Barrett, Albert Plloci

Service at the Salado
Presenters: Nancy Crocker, Charlene Saltz

International Nursing in Peru: An Academic Service-Learning Course
Presenters: Maureen P. Tippen, Ricardo Alfaro

Merging Analytical and Experiential Approaches to Interpretation in Linked Prison and Campus Literature Classes
Presenter: Phyllis Hastings

The Impact of Service-Learning on Students in a First-Year Seminar
Presenter: Margaret Carnes Stevens

Conditioning Pluralism: Combining Service-Learning with Social Theory, and Personal Interviews
Presenter: Monica Nagy

Middle School Students' Motives for Helping the Environment
Presenter: Beth Covitt

Developing Managerial Competencies through Service-Learning
Presenter: Tracey Sigler

Service-Learning and Student Inquiry: A New Era in Quality Learning
Presenter: Chakita Jackson

Student Diversity Matters: Civic Responsibility Appreciation of the Other
Presenters: Esther Onaga, Marylee Davis, Toko Oshio

Transforming Knowledge into Dreams: Bringing Together Problem-Based Learning, Service-Learning, and Cooperative Learning
Presenter: Pat Crawford

Assessing Academic Service-Learning in a Speech-language Pathology Curriculum
Presenter: Lizbeth J. Stevens

Service-Learning with the Brain "In Mind"
Presenters: Trae Stewart, Larry Holt

Integrating Service-Learning Principles in a Social and Behavorial Science Course: A Novice's Journey and Lessons Learned
Presenter: Lucy N. Ngoh

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Special Events

Saturday, November 12

Sandy Wilson's THE BOYFRIEND

For registrants of the 5th International Conference in Service-Learning Research, Michigan State University has a special offer ($55.00) for the performance of Sandy Wilson's THE BOY FRIEND, directed by Julie Andrews. The performance is at the MSU Wharton Center at 8:00 p.m. Transportation departs the Kellogg Center at 7:15 p.m. Ask at the registration and information desk.

Sunday, November 13

State of the Association Meeting - RMC Research Corporation

8:30 - 11:30 a.m. | Room: 103AB

National Youth leadership Council's Growing to Greatness, the State of K-12 Service-Learning Project - Board Meeting

8:00 - 10:00 p.m. | Room: 103AB

North Carolina Campus Compact - Scholarship and Research Initiative Reception

8:15 - 10:00 p.m. | Room: Red Cedar A and B

NCCC has launched a collaboration among member campuses to tap the experience and expertise of service-learning practitioners across the state and to advance service-learning scholarship. Join participants in this initiative and national service-learning scholars to learn more.

Monday, November 14

Michigan Campus Compact - Faculty Steering Committee

5:00 - 6:00 p.m. | Room: 104AB

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