A review of microbiology service learning.
Service learning is a teaching method that incorporates community engagement into the curriculum of a course. Service learning is becoming increasingly popular on college campuses and across disciplines. Studies have shown many benefits to service learning for the students and the community they serve. Service learning has been incorporated into science courses, including microbiology. This review will address the benefits to service learning and provide an overview of the various types of service-learning projects that have been completed in microbiology courses.
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D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003479:Curriculum; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008829:Microbiology / Q000193:education*; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D014495:Universities
community engagement; microbiology; service learning