Engaging the Reluctant? Service Learning, Interpersonal Contact, and Attitudes toward Homeless Individuals

Autor/inn/en	Knecht, Thomas; Martinez, Lisa M.
Titel	Engaging the Reluctant? Service Learning, Interpersonal Contact, and Attitudes toward Homeless Individuals
Quelle	In: PS: Political Science and Politics, 45 (2012) 1, S.106-111 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1049-0965
DOI	10.1017/S104909651100179X
Schlagwörter	Service Learning; Interpersonal Relationship; Social Attitudes; Homeless People; Learner Engagement; Student Attitudes; Opinions; Pretests Posttests; Student Volunteers; Attitude Change; Stereotypes; Sensitivity Training; Political Science; Familiarity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Service-Learning; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Homeless person; Homeless persons; Obdachloser; Schülerverhalten; Lehrmeinung; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Klischee; Sensitivitätstraining; Staatslehre; Politikwissenschaft; Politische Wissenschaft
Abstract	This article examines the extent to which service-learning courses affect students' attitudes and opinions. Elsewhere, we used a pre/postsurvey field experiment to demonstrate that volunteering with a homeless person tends to erode the stereotypes held by the domiciled--a confirmation of the venerable contact hypothesis. Here we use the same research design to assess whether students in service-learning courses exhibit a similar type of opinion change after spending a day with a homeless person. We find that even with limited contact a significant number of service-learning students came away from their time with homeless individuals holding fewer stereotypes and with a more nuanced perspective on the causes and consequences of homelessness. Nevertheless, working with a homeless person did have a negative effect on some students and contact generally failed to change students' views on public policy. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10