Maintaining the Balance Between Service and Learning: The Use of Journals in Promoting Critical Thinking

SCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-21

  Bocarro, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

critical thinking; curriculum design; journaling; reflective practices; service learning; universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748872248     PISSN: 1937156X     EISSN: 21624097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1937156X.2003.11949506     Document Type: Article

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