As part of the innovative What Every Speech-Language Pathologist/Audiologist Should Know series, this primer shows students how to conduct and complete a successful service-learning project using a pr
A unique resource for students and professors alike, this book reveals the important practical, educational, and emotional benefits provided by college programs that allow students to help others thro
The book evaluates service-learning within the context of a liberal arts education from a variety of disciplines. Contributors have written chapters that have practical appeal to other teachers and st
This book has received the AESA (American Educational Studies Association) Critics Choice Award 2012. Community Service Learning (CSL) is, potentially, the most powerful and far-reaching educational r
"This book provides faculty with thought provoking scenarios on how to address dilemmas encountered in implementing service learning. It provides useful illustrations on how ‘to handle’ the d
"This book provides faculty with thought provoking scenarios on how to address dilemmas encountered in implementing service learning. It provides useful illustrations on how ‘to handle’ the d
Students engaged in community service learning (CSL) learn how to work cooperatively to solve problems and build community. This book reaffirms CSL's philosophical foundations in an era when CSL has b
"[This] book is a significant addition to the field of service-learning and civic engagement in higher education and should become a standard resource. The authors are arguably the two most significan
"With this book, Katy Farber guides teachers from beginning to end in their quest to set up service-learning projects. From how to pick topics, set up groups, and generate local support to class hando
This book describes how service learning, an intervention that can be both remedial or preventive and individual or systemic, can enable school psychologists to expand their role beyond special popula
This book focuses on conducting research on International Service Learning, which includes developing and evaluating hypotheses about ISL outcomes and measuring its impact on students, faculty, and co
This volume offers a pioneering analysis, and understanding, of why and under what conditions ISL is an effective pedagogy, and asks the critical questions that all practitioners want to address as t
Starting from the premise that our health status, vulnerability to accidents and disease, and life spans – as individuals and communities – are determined by the organization, delivery, and financing
Starting from the premise that our health status, vulnerability to accidents and disease, and life spans – as individuals and communities – are determined by the organization, delivery, and financing
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 a form of experiential education that combines academic study with community service. Learning occurs as students work with others through applying their academic knowledge to comm
This exciting new Service-Learning textbook will help you teach integrated engineering design within a socially beneficial context. It can be used as a principal text or as a supplemental resource for
Bryant, who works in research, consulting, and innovation and formerly taught communication at Indiana U., Schonemann (service learning, Indiana U. Bloomington), and Karpa, an instructional consultant
An Adventure in Service-Learning argues that education can provide not just knowledge and skills but it can also encourage the development of values and responsibility Service-Learning is a teaching m
Introduction to Community Development: Theory and Practice provides students of community and economic development with a theoretical and practical introduction to the field of community development.
This book integrates the ideas of service-learning, positive youth development, and model communities into a book with a comprehensive message about making communities more democratic. Specifically, t
This book provides everything administrators and teachers need to build service-learning programs that prepare students as engaged citizens committed to equity and justice. Cipolle describes practical
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
The study and application of service learning as a pedagogy has become widespread. Service-Learning in Physical Education and Other Related Professions: A Global Perspective demonstrates how faculty i
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
"The book is well illustrated as authors use specific campus examples where service-learning has been incorporated into the curriculum and student-life arenas... The content is meaty and this
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
Today, community service activities are being combined with academic instruction to make learning experiences more meaningful and to show students the importance of giving back to the community. This
