Service Learning and Community Engagement in Graduate Social Work Classrooms: One Student’s Perspective

Appalachian Ohio is a unique community with a rich history, which presents both strengths and challenges for community engagement initiatives. This paper describes a service-learning project that offered cultural diversity training to professionals in Appalachia as a foundational component of a soci...

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Main Author: Christina J. Messer Gaitskill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The University of Alabama 2022-08-01
Series:Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship
Online Access:https://account.jces.ua.edu/index.php/s-j-jces/article/view/311
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description Appalachian Ohio is a unique community with a rich history, which presents both strengths and challenges for community engagement initiatives. This paper describes a service-learning project that offered cultural diversity training to professionals in Appalachia as a foundational component of a social work program focus on community engagement.
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title_short Service Learning and Community Engagement in Graduate Social Work Classrooms: One Student’s Perspective
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