Students enrolled in two sociology courses at North Idaho College augment their studies about both Interpersonal Communications and Marriage and Family by providing services to elderly members of the community of Coeur d Alene, Idaho. Participating students spend one-and-a-half hours a week assisting elderly residents of local retirement homes or other long-term care facilities. Students maintain a reflective journal documenting the experience and tie their discussions and lessons from the elderly into their lessons from class.
From Service Matters 1998: Engaging Higher Education In the Renewal of America s Communities and American Democracy
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