Curriculum, Foundations & Reading: Faculty Publications

Influencing Professional Practice Through Academic Service Learning AS(L): Pre-Service Teachers Share Their Perceptions

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2020

Publication Title

Literacy Practice and Research

ISSN

2475-5737

Abstract

Findings related to the reflections of pre-service teachers in Family Literacy Events (FLE) as an Academic Service-Learning (AS-L) project are detailed. Pre-service teachers in the Southeast and Pacific Northwest were provided opportunities to bridge theory with practice and apply research-based approaches in community settings. Teacher candidates provided parents with language and literacy strategies and resources to assist them in creating high-quality home learning experiences. The teacher candidates’ reflections are categorized by basic tenets of AS-L, specifically Awareness, Engagement, Practice, Integration, and Reflection. Speculation as to how their reflections were affected by the prompts of their essays are discussed.

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