Chinese American Educational Research and Development Association
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Educational Research & Development Journal
Vol 12, No 1 (2009)
Serve to Learn and Learn to Serve |
| Dongdong Chen |
Abstract |
| This article reports a pilot study of servicelearning project which was designed to address two issues: the shortage of Chinese teaching resources for the K-12 setting in the United States, and the efficiency of producing qualified Chinese language teachers. Developed for a graduate teaching methods course, the service-learning project required each learner teacher to serve at a self-selected school by teaching the Chinese language and/or tutoring students for around 10 to 20 hours. It is shown that the service-learning project can help meet the community needs for Chinese resources, and enhance academic learning. Implications of service-learning are discussed for Chinese language teacher education in America. |
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ISSN: 1526-8659