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Ahmed, Zahra. "Facilitating Political Sophistication through Service Learning" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott, Loews Philadelphia, and the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA, Aug 31, 2006 <Not Available>. 2011-03-13 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p151008_index.html>

Ahmed, Z. , 2006-08-31 "Facilitating Political Sophistication through Service Learning" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott, Loews Philadelphia, and the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA Online <PDF>. 2011-03-13 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p151008_index.html

Publication Type: Proceeding Abstract: There are many benefits to the utilization of service-learning as a pedagogical practice. Over the years, studies have pointed to a variety of positive findings regarding service-learning’s impact on students and communities. By intentionally educating young people in a service-learning context which combines classroom instruction with community service experiences, teachers have an opportunity to help increase students’ levels of basic political knowledge as well as help create a more informed, and presumably more engaged citizenry. Furthermore, the application of service-learning as a pedagogical method in political science allows instructors a unique opportunity to further one of the original goals of the discipline, which was to link real world experience with theoretical understandings (Battistoni, 1997). If we can facilitate the development of political sophistication among our students, we may not only increase their political participation in the short term, but we could increase the likelihood that they will better understand and engage in political action in the future. However, in conjunction with such a benefit lies a caution. As service-learning practitioners, it is also important that we recognize developmental concerns which can impact student success. This paper argues that in striving to facilitate the development of political sophistication among our students, service-learning practitioners in political science should understand each component of the service-learning process (academics, action and reflection) in terms of how each of these components is meant to integrate with the others to produce a framework for understanding and engaging the world politically. Such integration can create an upward spiral of development with regard to political sophistication. We must also consider the cognitive developmental aspects of our students and how they may interact with the integrative assumptions of service-learning. Such considerations allow us to understand the stages that our students occupy developmentally, and they can help us move forward with useful assessment techniques which benefit both students and teachers.

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