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Abstract

"this study investigated the effectiveness of service-learning as pedagogy for developing servant-leaders. Participants included 97 students at a faith-based southwest christian university. Fifty-seven of the participants were enrolled in a 15-week servicelearning course (experimental group) and 40 participants were enrolled in similar non-service-learning courses (comparison group). all participants completed the Servant Leadership Questionnaire (SLQ) as a pretest and posttest during the semester. Demographic information was collected in order to determine the participants’ age, gender, grade level, major, previous leadership training, and previous number of service-learning courses. Findings indicated that a student’s major or group (experimental or comparison) made no significant difference in the posttest SLQ scores. the results of this study demonstrate that students in a 15- week service-learning course failed to demonstrate servant leadership development at a greater rate than students who do not participate in 15-week service-learning courses. the discussion considered the impact of a small sample size, the number of previous service-learning courses and leadership development training opportunities, and the servant leadership culture of the university as factors leading to the lack of significance in the testing."

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