Sustainable development through service learning: A pedagogical framework and case example in a third world context

Why this paper matters

Links service-learning, social enterprise, and sustainable community development.

Evidence reviewed

Design: Pedagogical framework and case example
Full-text status: Indexed PDF/full text reviewed

Principal finding

A short case illustrates a framework for integrating community problems into management learning.

EntrSL interpretation

This paper informs the design or evaluation of service-learning and experiential-learning work. Its findings should be interpreted within the reported design and context, not treated as universal or necessarily causal evidence.

Limitations and boundary conditions

Two faculty and eight students over one month; dated contextual language and no controlled outcomes.

Scoring rationale

• EntrSL relevance: 4/5. Directness to service-learning, experiential learning, higher education, entrepreneurship, reflection, reciprocity, or institutional practice.
• Evidence quality: 3/5. Based on design transparency, sample or review breadth, analytical fit, and inferential limits.
• Journal standing is separate. OpenAlex two-year mean citedness and h-index are descriptive source metrics and do not increase this paper’s evidence score.

Citation

Holly H. Brower (2011). “Sustainable development through service learning: A pedagogical framework and case example in a third world context.” Academy of Management Learning & Education. https://doi.org/10.5465/amle.10.1.zqr58