Date of Award
Winter 2006
Project Type
Thesis
Program or Major
Kinesiology
Degree Name
Master of Science
First Advisor
Michael Gass
Abstract
Service-learning is a rapidly growing teaching innovation. Despite the proliferation of service-learning research, little has focused on the teacher, particularly the personal dimension involved in implementing such an innovation. The purpose of this study was to explore teachers' concerns regarding service-learning using the seven developmental Stages of Concern proposed by Hall, George, and Rutherford (1977) as a framework. Eleven teachers who were engaged in service-learning were interviewed and completed the Stages of Concern Questionnaire (SoCQ). Together, the profiles generated by the SoCQ and the interview analyses, provide a rich description of teachers' concerns. Since at the outset of this study, the SoCQ had never been applied to the specific innovation of service-learning, the profiles were compared with interview data. They tracked closely with one another lending confidence in the applicability of the SoCQ with service-learning.
Recommended Citation
Kern, Michael, "Teacher concerns about service-learning" (2006). Master's Theses and Capstones. 230.
https://scholars.unh.edu/thesis/230