Annotated Bibliography

Cordisco, Jane Hunt. “Community Based Learning in the Secondary School” Educational Leadership, Apr79, Vol. 36 Issue 7, p493, 4p, 2bw

It takes place in a community located in Pittsburg Pennsylvania. The article illustrates the whole process from the beginning to the intended outcome about the benefits and downfalls of Community Based Learning. However, it mainly focuses on the students aspects involved for CBL. It talks about where students should be placed within the community, what the students should be getting out of the program and the reasons why this type of learning would be so vital to the development of young adults. As the author refers to Transition to Adulthood, by James S. Coleman, “Coleman noted that the age segregation of youth in the schools deprives young people of an important dimension of the socialization process: learning through direct association with adults not only skills and information, but values, responsibility, and a sense of belonging in the adult world.” I think that this statement depicts exactly the reason why we need programs like this in our schools. Not only to bring the students into the real world so to speak but to have the experience life outside of school where there is no pressure on them to make money or pay bills why they are in these programs. So essentially all they are doing is just gaining real world experience which in my opinion can only lead to future success. As the article states, “The findings showed that the students(after participating in the program) felt and demonstrated increased value for education, greater desire and capacity to accept responsibility, and higher regard for the demands of adult life.” This again speaks to what we as educators I feel we are preparing our students for, which is to be a successful citizens in the harsh world that it is we live in. In conclusion I feel that this article is the most relevant source I have came across so far in describing a successful Community Based Learning program.

Giri, Bishnu; Shankar, P. Ravi. "Community-Based Learning in a time of Conflict" PLoS Medicine, Feb2006, Vol. 3 Issue 2, p0272-0273

It describes the trials and tribulations of the urban kids learning in the field at Nepal. This source gives a detailed description of the actual process of CBL in the field of medical education. That is the interesting part about this actual source it is a practical application of what exactly Community Based Learning is all about.

Hogan, Kathleen. “Pitfalls of Community-Based Learning: How Power Dynamics Limit Adolescents’ Trajectories of Growth and Participation” Teachers College Record, Apr2002, Vol. 104 Issue 3, p586, 39p

This a fascinating article because it actually breaks down the roles of students, teachers, and activity coordinators for a project involving an environmental group, which is referred to as COE. It also highlights the interaction between the students and the instructors/teachers when they are both in and out of a classroom setting. It is quite different from what one might expect. However this CBL is located in a rural community so I am not sure how much relevance it will have for our project.

Tice, Terrence N. “Community-Based Learning” Education Digest, 0013127X, Sep90, Vol. 56, Issue 1 p28-28, 2/3p

This is an article describing the reasoning behind the start up of Community Based Learning. One interesting fact about this article it names a bunch of organizations that advocate and provide needed funding for such type programs. It would be a great reference for providing schools to go in order to find out how to acquire more information and funding. However it is a short article and I am not sure how creditable of a reference it is.

Carter, Marion; Rivero, Estela; Cadge, Wendy; Curran, Sara. "Designing Your Community-Based Learning Project: Five Questions to Ask About Your Pedagogical and Participatory Goals" Teaching Sociology, Vol. 30, No. 2 Apr., 2002, pp. 158-173

This article was based upon what are the major questions about how to setup a proper Community-Based Learning program. It talks about what is involved in doing so. They ask questions and then address them on various topics. Some that I thought were interesting and maybe useful for our project are about which students should be included what type of community lends itself to become a good basis for CBLs. I think that this is a great source to keep in mind when starting our project on Community Based Learning.