Most cited papers in Service-Learning and Community Engagement
What are the most cited papers in Service-Learning and Community Engagement?
The most cited paper in Service-Learning and Community Engagement is "Communities of practice learning, meaning, and identity" (Étienne Wenger, 1999), with 28,509 citations. Next come "Sense of community: A definition and theory" (5,823) and "Key competencies in sustainability: a reference framework for academic program development" (2,949).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 301 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Communities of practice learning, meaning, and identity Étienne Wenger | 1999 | 28,509 |
| 2 | Sense of community: A definition and theory David W. McMillan, David M. Chavis · Journal of Community Psychology | 1986 | 5,823 |
| 3 | Key competencies in sustainability: a reference framework for academic program development Arnim Wiek, Lauren Withycombe, Charles L. Redman · Sustainability Science | 18 May 2011 | 2,949 |
| 4 | What Kind of Citizen? The Politics of Educating for Democracy Joel Westheimer, Joseph E. Kahne · American Educational Research Journal | 2004 | 2,476 |
| 5 | Beyond individualism/collectivism: New cultural dimensions of values. Shalom H. Schwartz | 1994 | 2,388 |
| 6 | Using Community-Based Participatory Research to Address Health Disparities Nina B. Wallerstein, Bonnie Duran · Health Promotion Practice | 13 Jun 2006 | 2,282 |
| 7 | Political Knowledge, Political Engagement, and Civic Education William A. Galston · Annual Review of Political Science | Jun 2001 | 1,412 |
| 8 | Achieving Cultural Appropriateness in Health Promotion Programs: Targeted and Tailored Approaches Matthew W. Kreuter, Susan N. Lukwago, Dawn C. Bucholtz et al. · Health Education & Behavior | Apr 2003 | 1,263 |
| 9 | The first decade of the community of inquiry framework: A retrospective D. Randy Garrison, Terry D. Anderson, Walter Archer · The Internet and Higher Education | 28 Oct 2009 | 1,227 |
| 10 | Building Sense of Community at a Distance Alfred P. Rovai · The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning | Apr 2002 | 1,204 |
| 11 | Two-Eyed Seeing and other lessons learned within a co-learning journey of bringing together indigenous and mainstream knowledges and ways of knowing Cheryl M. Bartlett, Murdena Marshall, Albert W. Marshall · Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences | 15 Aug 2012 | 1,174 |
| 12 | Blended Learning and Sense of Community: A Comparative Analysis with Traditional and Fully Online Graduate Courses Alfred P. Rovai, Hope Jordan · The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning | Aug 2004 | 1,080 |
| 13 | Achieving transformative sustainability learning: engaging head, hands and heart Yona Sipos, Bryce Thomas Battisti, Kurt A. Grimm · International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education | 11 Jan 2008 | 927 |
| 14 | Key competencies in sustainability in higher education—toward an agreed-upon reference framework Katja Brundiers, Matthias Barth, Gisela Cebrián et al. · Sustainability Science | 28 Jul 2020 | 911 |
| 15 | How Service Learning Affects Students Alexander W. Astin, Lori J. Vogelgesang, Elaine K. Ikeda et al. | 2000 | 895 |
| 16 | Sustainable Development Goals and sustainability teaching at universities: Falling behind or getting ahead of the pack? Walter Leal Filho, Chris Shiel, Arminda Maria Finisterra Do Paço et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production | 28 May 2019 | 887 |
| 17 | Sense of community, perceived cognitive learning, and persistence in asynchronous learning networks Alfred P. Rovai · The Internet and Higher Education | 2002 | 865 |
| 18 | A Social Capital Framework for the Study of Institutional Agents and Their Role in the Empowerment of Low-Status Students and Youth Ricardo D. Stanton‐Salazar · Youth & Society | 11 Oct 2010 | 858 |
| 19 | Transformative Paradigm Donna M. Mertens · Journal of Mixed Methods Research | 21 Jun 2007 | 857 |
| 20 | Sustainable university: what can be the matter? Luis E. Velazquez, Nora Munguía, Alberto Platt et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production | 2006 | 845 |
| 21 | Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies: Teaching and Learning for Justice in a Changing World Konstantina Peristeris · Journal of Teaching and Learning | 16 Oct 2017 | 816 |
| 22 | Script, Counterscript, and Underlife in the Classroom: James Brown versus Brown v. Board of Education Kris D. Gutiérrez, Betsy Rymes, Joanne Larson · Harvard Educational Review | Sep 1995 | 770 |
| 23 | What We Know About Engendering Civic Identity James Youniss, Jeffrey A. McLellan, Miranda Yates · American Behavioral Scientist | Mar 1997 | 711 |
| 24 | The role of transformation in learning and education for sustainability Walter Leal Filho, Schalk Petrus Raath, Boris Lazzarini et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production | 14 Jul 2018 | 682 |
| 25 | Real‐world learning opportunities in sustainability: from classroom into the real world Katja Brundiers, Arnim Wiek, Charles L. Redman · International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education | 21 Sep 2010 | 673 |
| 26 | The School's Role in Developing Civic Engagement: A Study of Adolescents in Twenty-Eight Countries Judith V. Torney-Purta · Applied Developmental Science | Oct 2002 | 671 |
| 27 | Higher education as a change agent for sustainability in different cultures and contexts Jennie C. Stephens, María Elizabeth Hernández, Mikael Román et al. · International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education | 11 Jul 2008 | 652 |
| 28 | Generating, Deepening, and Documenting Learning: The Power of Critical Reflection in Applied Learning Sarah L. Ash, Patti H. Clayton · Journal of Applied Learning in Higher Education | 2009 | 642 |
| 29 | Pushing the envelope on youth civic engagement: A developmental and liberation psychology perspective Roderick J. Watts, Constance A. Flanagan · Journal of Community Psychology | 29 Jun 2007 | 636 |
| 30 | New Ways to Promote Proenvironmental Behavior: Promoting Sustainable Behavior: An Introduction to Community‐Based Social Marketing Doug McKenzie‐Mohr · Journal of Social Issues | 2000 | 618 |
| 31 | Developing Citizens: The Impact of Civic Learning Opportunities on Students’ Commitment to Civic Participation Joseph E. Kahne, Susan E. Sporte · American Educational Research Journal | 10 Jun 2008 | 600 |
| 32 | Indigenous Ways of Knowing: Implications for Participatory Research and Community Patricia A. L. Cochran, Catherine Marshall, Carmen Garcia-Downing et al. · American Journal of Public Health | 29 Nov 2007 | 597 |
| 33 | Notes: Integrating Community Service and Classroom Instruction Enhances Learning: Results From an Experiment Gregory B. Markus, Jeffrey Howard, David C. King · Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis | Dec 1993 | 592 |
| 34 | Reflection: Linking Service and Learning—Linking Students and Communities Janet Eyler · Journal of Social Issues | 2002 | 580 |
| 35 | A Meta-Analysis on the Effects of Service-Learning on the Social, Personal, and Cognitive Outcomes of Learning Patrick L. Yorio, Feifei Ye · Academy of Management Learning and Education | Mar 2012 | 552 |
| 36 | “Sustainability” in higher education Arjen E. J. Wals, Bob Jickling · International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education | Sep 2002 | 551 |
| 37 | Teaching and Learning in the Social Context: A Meta-Analysis of Service Learning's Effects on Academic, Personal, Social, and Citizenship Outcomes James M. Conway, Elise L. Amel, Daniel P. Gerwien · Teaching of Psychology | Oct 2009 | 546 |
| 38 | Deep learning and education for sustainability Kevin J. Warburton · International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education | 29 Jan 2003 | 534 |
| 39 | Sociopolitical Development as an Antidote for Oppression—Theory and Action Roderick J. Watts, Derek M. Griffith, Jaleel K. Abdul-Adil · American Journal of Community Psychology | Apr 1999 | 530 |
| 40 | Service-learning in higher education: Concepts and practices Lynda Leahy · The Journal of Academic Librarianship | Sep 1997 | 525 |
| 41 | Sense of community through Brunswik's lens: A first look David M. Chavis, James H. Hogge, David W. McMillan et al. · Journal of Community Psychology | 1986 | 524 |
| 42 | CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND THE CULTURAL COMPETENCE DILEMMA IN SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION Laura S. Abrams, Jené A. Moio · Journal of Social Work Education | Apr 2009 | 521 |
| 43 | ‘Doing development’: the gap year, volunteer‐tourists and a popular practice of development Kate Simpson · Journal of International Development | Jul 2004 | 516 |
| 44 | Volunteers' Motivations: Findings from a National Survey E. Gil Clary, Mark Snyder, Arthur Anthony Stukas · Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly | Dec 1996 | 506 |
| 45 | Campus–Community Partnerships: The Terms of Engagement Robert G. Bringle, Julie A. Hatcher · Journal of Social Issues | 2002 | 504 |
| 46 | Competencies in Education for Sustainable Development: Exploring the Student Teachers’ Views Gisela Cebrián, Mercè Junyent i Pubill · Sustainability | 6 Mar 2015 | 499 |
| 47 | The link between high-impact practices and student learning: some longitudinal evidence Cindy Ann Kilgo, Jessica Kathryn Ezell Sheets, Ernest T. Pascarella · Higher Education | 26 Jun 2014 | 497 |
| 48 | Getting the Word Out: New Approaches for Disseminating Public Health Science Ross C. Brownson, Amy A. Eyler, Jenine K. Harris et al. · Journal of Public Health Management and Practice | 7 Sep 2017 | 491 |
| 49 | Peer Debriefing in Qualitative Research: Emerging Operational Models Sharon Spall · Qualitative Inquiry | Jun 1998 | 482 |
| 50 | Teacher Learning: the Key to Educational Reform Ann Lieberman, Désirée H. Pointer Mace · Journal of Teacher Education | 24 Apr 2008 | 478 |
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