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“Because I Live in this Community”: Literacy, Learning, and Participation in Critical Service-Learning Projects

Nemeth, Emily Annette
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1403520728

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2014, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, EDU Teaching and Learning.
Over the last decade, service-learning researchers have documented a lack of attention paid to the dynamic nature of student learning in service-learning projects (Butin, 2003/2010) and a lack of attention paid to learning over time (Melchior & Bailis, 2002; Yamauchi, et al., 2006). In light of these gaps in the literature, this dissertation study used New Literacy Studies (e.g., Barton & Hamilton, 1998; Street, 1984) and communities of practice (Lave & Wenger, 1991) to explore situated literacies and learning of four focal students participating in two critical service-learning projects at a traditional urban public high school in a mid-size city. Specifically, I explored the following three research questions: 1. What happens when students and their teacher participate in a critical service-learning project; 2. What learning opportunities and forms of participation emerge in a critical service-learning project and how are they taken up by the students; and 3. What is the role of literacy in these learning opportunities and forms of participation? Using an ethnographic case study design, I collected data over the course of an academic school year to include fieldnotes, artifacts, and transcripts. I analyzed these data using an iterative data analysis process. I concluded the study by offering implications for classroom practice, education policy, and service-learning research.
Valerie Kinloch (Advisor)
Caroline Clark (Advisor)
Mollie Blackburn (Committee Member)
232 p.
Education; Educational Theory; Literacy
Critical service-learning; service-learning; literacy; communities of practice; situated learning; sociocultural; high school; adolescents; participation; literacy practices; equity; community relevant literature; community

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  • Nemeth, E. A. (2014). “Because I Live in this Community”: Literacy, Learning, and Participation in Critical Service-Learning Projects [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1403520728

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Nemeth, Emily. “Because I Live in this Community”: Literacy, Learning, and Participation in Critical Service-Learning Projects. 2014. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1403520728.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Nemeth, Emily. "“Because I Live in this Community”: Literacy, Learning, and Participation in Critical Service-Learning Projects." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1403520728

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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