Service-learning in higher education combines students' academic coursework with their voluntary work, enhancing students' learning and benefiting the community. The key to unlocking the connections b
Service-Learning and Educating in Challenging Contexts explores the potential of service-learning identified as a way to integrate community service with academic study to enrich the on-going professi
Stresses the relationship between service learning and multicultural education in the classroom, emphasizing the need for teachers to perform community service to gain new insight into teaching about
This is the first book in a new annual series of research volumes designed to present and discuss a wide range of issues in the field of service-learning. Twenty-one American academics and researcher
Service-Learning and Civic Engagement: A Sourcebook focuses on historical, philosophical, social foundations, practices and models of service-learning and civic engagement. The title offers practical,
Are there better ways to address community challenges than expending funds on international service-learning?In attempting to wed learning and service, are we are exploiting the “other” for new, or re
Are there better ways to address community challenges than expending funds on international service-learning?In attempting to wed learning and service, are we are exploiting the “other” for new, or re
This book examines the concept of service-learning as a teaching tool for educators to help occupational therapy students improve their skills and understanding in a number of areas. Those include: cr
This volume represents a breakthrough discussion of the research issues surrounding innovative pedagogies. Using service-learning as its focus, it explores ways in which researchers and evaluators can
Based on 20 popular children's books, these service learning projects will help you integrate service learning with your literature curriculum while teaching students new concepts and building valuabl
A comprehensive guide to service-learning for social justice written by an international panel of expertsThe Wiley International Handbook of Service-Learning for Social Justice offers a review of rece
This book offers a broad overview of many issues related to assessment in higher education, with specific application for understanding the impact of service-learning and civic engagement initiatives.
This book offers a broad overview of many issues related to assessment in higher education, with specific application for understanding the impact of service-learning and civic engagement initiatives.
Community Matters: Service Learning in Design and Planning explores issues that resonate with a diverse group of design and planning educators drawn to the challenge of supporting greater community bu
Community Matters: Service Learning in Design and Planning explores issues that resonate with a diverse group of design and planning educators drawn to the challenge of supporting greater community bu
This collection of case studies by design educators critically explores the current practice of community-engaged learning in architecture, landscape design, and urban planning, radically revising the
Cipolle, a teacher, service-learning practitioner, and administrator who developed and instituted a service-learning program at a school in Minnesota, describes how teachers, teacher educators, and ad
In this volume in the IAP series on Advances in Service-Learning Research, top researchers present recent work studying aspects of program development, student and community outcomes, and future rese
Civic Service Filled with illustrative examples of effective service-learning lessons from across a variety of disciplines, Civic Service shows faculty and administrators of institutions of higher edu
The recent expansion of service-learning initiatives throughout American higher education is accompanied by the risk of idealistic and exuberant experimentation. Motivated by a great need for conscien
This volume applies the service-learning pedagogical approach to the social work curriculum. Its aim is to familiarize social work educators and practitioners with the approach's conceptual and theore
For social work educators, practitioners, and human services administrators, Nadel (social work, Iona College) et al. compile 14 essays that provide an introduction to service learning as a social wor
Service-learning in higher education has immense potential for individual, pedagogical, and institutional change towards social justice. It also creates linkages between schools and communities, theo
Heffner (Calvin Center for Social Research) and Beversluis (psychology, Calvin College) describe "service-learning" as a way to link students experience with academic schooling with participation in t
Service learning, as defined by the editors, is the generation of knowledge that is of benefit to the community as a whole. This seventh volume in the Outreach Scholarship book series contributes a
Written by a former college instructor with extensive service learning experience, this brief book will help students understand the value of service learning, find a appropriate placement, and have a
Most of the chapters in this volume originated at an October 2002 international conference on service learning held at Vanderbilt U. in Nashville, Tennessee. Twelve papers are organized into seven sec
Reflecting on Service-Learning in Higher Education examines forms of pedagogy such as service-learning, experiential learning, and problem-based learning in order to determine how students make connec
"In an effort to support these movements, this volume of the Advances in Service-Learning Research series, Service-Learning to Advance Access & Success: Bridging Institutional and Community Capacity,
Reflecting on Service-Learning in Higher Education examines forms of pedagogy such as service-learning, experiential learning, and problem-based learning in order to determine how students make connec
Service learning offers students the unique opportunity to learn both in the classroom and in the real world. This exciting teaching strategy, detailed in Berman’s second edition of Service Learning,
Researching a growing number of community colleges that use service-learning, Traver and Katz suggest that service-learning can have a profound impact on the students who experience it. Their theoreti
Service-learning, the integration of classroom instruction with community service projects, is rapidly gaining momentum as a successful teaching and learning strategy that benefits both s
In this unique new text, authors Corey Dolgon and Chris BakerAyintegrate an innovative case study approach into a comprehensive introduction that helps students understand how they can address socia
Service learning is in-context learning that connects specific educational goals with meaningful community service. In this guide for educators, Berman explains the rationale behind service learning p
The Measure of Service Learning will be a valuable resource for program evaluators and researchers who want to inform the practice of service learning. This useful volume provides an extensive compil
