Abstract
Service-learning helps students learn about course concepts through applying them in a setting outside the classroom. The experiences provided by service-learning create conditions that can lead to changes in the learner’s brain. In this paper, we provide support for this assertion from research in brain-based learning with suggestions of how to explicitly apply concepts from these areas of study to service-learning pedagogy so that we might increase learning.
Recommended Citation
Sigler, Tracey Honeycutt and Tyran, Kristi Lewis
(2017)
"Enhancing Learning, Changing the World: How Service-Learning Influences the Brain,"
Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education: Vol. 9:
Iss.
2, Article 2.
Available at:
https://scholars.indianastate.edu/jcehe/vol9/iss2/2
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