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Behavioral Shifts in Students' Awareness and Reactions to the Homeless

Behavioral Shifts in Students' Awareness and Reactions to the Homeless AbstractIn attempts to foster empathy and altruistic responses among higher-education students towards, for example, the homeless and impoverished, a number of universities have been experimenting with alternative teaching methods than simple didactic instruction. In this study, we explored the reactions among 23 undergraduate students at a university in the Midwest that employed a required “poverty immersion” weekend as part of course pedagogy to instill personal connections and responses to the indigent. Through semi-structured interviews, we queried the subsequent behavioral responses of the students one month post-immersion. Specifically, some students reported involvement with urban services beyond the requirements of their course: a novel experience for some and a rekindled dedication for others. In addition, some students showed modifications in their spending habits, increases in charitable giving and decreases in frivolous expenditures. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Social Distress and Homeless Taylor & Francis

Behavioral Shifts in Students' Awareness and Reactions to the Homeless

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Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Copyright
© 2010 Maney
ISSN
1573-658X
eISSN
1053-0789
DOI
10.1179/105307810805365099
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Abstract

AbstractIn attempts to foster empathy and altruistic responses among higher-education students towards, for example, the homeless and impoverished, a number of universities have been experimenting with alternative teaching methods than simple didactic instruction. In this study, we explored the reactions among 23 undergraduate students at a university in the Midwest that employed a required “poverty immersion” weekend as part of course pedagogy to instill personal connections and responses to the indigent. Through semi-structured interviews, we queried the subsequent behavioral responses of the students one month post-immersion. Specifically, some students reported involvement with urban services beyond the requirements of their course: a novel experience for some and a rekindled dedication for others. In addition, some students showed modifications in their spending habits, increases in charitable giving and decreases in frivolous expenditures.

Journal

Journal of Social Distress and HomelessTaylor & Francis

Published: Dec 1, 2010

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