Understanding service-learning and community engagement : crossing boundaries through research

There is an increasing proliferation of service-learning courses in colleges and universities in the U.S. and internationally, and research in the field has seen significant growth in diverse geographic areas in the past decade. Membership organizations now exist to convene scholars and practitioner...

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Other Authors Hatcher, Julie A. (Editor), Bringle, Robert G. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011.
SeriesAdvances in service-learning research.
Subjects
Service learning.
Communities.
Career development.
Social Science > Volunteer Work.
Charities, voluntary services and philanthropy.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806615834
DOI10.1108/978-1-61735-658-2
Physical Description1 online resource (228 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments. Introduction: Exploring similarities and differences through cross-cultural comparative research / Julie A. Hatcher and Robert G. Bringle
  • Part I. Keynote addresses
  • Chapter 1. Improving rigor in service-learning research / Michael Q. Patton
  • Chapter 2. International service-learning as a path to global citizenship / Barbara L. Ibrahim
  • Part II. Cultural contexts for research and practice
  • Chapter 3. Center and periphery in service-learning and community engagement: A postcolonial approach / Lorilee R. Sandmann, Tami L. Moore, and Jocey Quinn
  • Chapter 4. Another look at the dissemination of the racial identity interaction model in a cultural-based service-learning course / Lori Simons, Nancy Blank, Lawrence Fehr, Kevin Barnes, Denise Georganas, and George Manapuram
  • Chapter 5. Civic engagement in/action: A cross-cultural comparison of youth involvement / Elizabeth M. Goering and Crystal Henderson
  • Chapter 6. Digital classroom project: Impact of service-learning and information and communication technology on student learning in hong kong / Alfred C.M. Chan, Carol H.K. Ma, Sharon S.Y. Chan, Polly Y.N. Chiu, and Sandy S.S. Yeung
  • Part III. Disciplinary contexts for research and practice
  • Chapter 7. Crossing boundaries in service-learning professional development: Preservice and inservice teachers learning together / Marjori M. Krebs
  • Chapter 8. Service-learning and the nontraditional student: What's age got to do with it? / Helen Rosenberg, Susan Reed, Anne Statham, and Howard Rosing
  • Chapter 9. A civically engaged reciprocal learning process in dental education / Stuart M. Schrader, Abbe B. Shapiro, David A. Zahl, Susan L. Zunt, and Emily Deering
  • About the authors.

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