Abstract
Goal: Students will develop a greater understanding of the relational and task aspects of group development and interaction processes as they teach communication skills to children in the primary grades.
In a seminar on service learning, Communication Education Outreach/ Service Learning, at the 1999 NCA Institute for Faculty Development at Hope College in Holland, Michigan, I developed an assignment in which students in a small group communication class would teach communication skills to elementary school children. Facilitator Ann Q. Staton of the University of Washington distinguished between "volunteerism," as a means of contributing to a community's welfare, and "service learning," where students teach knowledge and skills from their area of expertise to others.
Journal Title
Iowa Journal of Communication
Volume
34
Issue
2
First Page
123
Last Page
130
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Lerstrom, Alan
(2002)
"A Small Group Service Learning Project,"
Iowa Journal of Communication: Vol. 34:
No.
2, Article 9.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ijc/vol34/iss2/9
Copyright
©2002 Iowa Communication Association
