Bridging the distance: Service learning in international perspective
✍ Scribed by Jean C. Florman; Craig Just; Tomomi Naka; Jim Peterson; Hazel H. Seaba
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 79 KB
- Volume
- 2009
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0271-0633
- DOI
- 10.1002/tl.354
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Partnering with Rotary International and residents of Xicotepec, Mexico, the University of Iowa Colleges of Engineering, Pharmacy, and Liberal Arts & Sciences have created a cross‐disciplinary, international service‐learning course whose impact through the years will respond to student‐learning and community‐identified needs.
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