Dissertation
In their own words: Moral development of high school seniors engaged in community service projects
Washington State University
Doctor of Education (EdD), Washington State University
08/2010
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000006000
Abstract
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore the experiences and perceptions of high school students who engaged in community service as a component of a state-mandated senior culminating project. Of particular interest was the impact of the experience on students? moral development. The study addressed these questions: (a) How do students choose and execute community service experiences for their senior culminating project? (b) What impact do these service experiences have on students? (d) How do students perceive the value of these projects? (e) From the vantage point of a graduating senior, how might these experiences be changed to be more beneficial to the students involved? Data were collected primarily through in-depth, phenomenologicallyoriented interviews with eight high school seniors. Three educators were also interviewed to provide another perspective on the context of the study. In addition, the researcher observed the senior presentations of each of the study participants and reviewed the portfolios that these students had created over the course of a 4-year advisory process that led up to their senior projects.
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- Title
- In their own words
- Creators
- Deborah K. L. Tully
- Contributors
- Gail C. Furman (Chair)Joan U. Kingrey (Committee Member)Gordon Gates (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- College of Education
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Education (EdD), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 173
- Identifiers
- 99901055124701842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Dissertation