Problematizing service-learning : critical reflections for development and action

Interest in and research on civic engagement and service-learning have increased exponentially. In this rapid growth, efforts have been made to institutionalize pedagogies of engagement across both K-12 and higher education. As a result, increased positive attention has been complemented equally by...

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Other Authors Stewart, Trae (Editor), Webster, Nicole (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, 2011.
Subjects
Service learning.
Critical pedagogy.
Education > Research.
Education.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806616879
DOI10.1108/978-1-61735-211-9
Physical Description1 online resource (xxi, 359 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Andrew Furco
  • Preface: Why problematize service-learning and why now? / Trae Stewart and Nicole Webster
  • Part I. Expanding frameworks
  • Chapter 1. Creating spaces for service-learning research: Implications for emergent action and civic ingenuity / M. Jayne Fleener, Laura Jewett, Jolanta Smolen, and Russell L. Carson
  • Chapter 2. Service-learning as an intellectual movement: The need for an "academic home" and critique for the community engagement movement / Dan W. Butin
  • Chapter 3. Opening up service-learning reflection by turning inward: Developing mindful learners through contemplation / Trae Stewart
  • Part II. Complexities in situating service-learning
  • Chapter 4. Virtual adoption of service-learning through controlled discourse / Sharon M. Livingston
  • Chapter 5. Service-learning: An exportable pedagogy? / Margaret Brabant
  • Chapter 6. Collegiate service-learning: Perspectives on legal liability / Martin Dupuis, Melody A. Bowdon, and Sarah Schwemin
  • Part III. Youth development, voices, and perspectives
  • Chapter 7. Youth development in traditional and transformational service-learning programs / Matthew A. Diemer, Adam M. Voight, and Cyndi Mark
  • Chapter 8. Who's in charge?: Examining the complex nature of student voice in service-learning projects / Shira Eve Epstein
  • Chapter 9. Service-learning: A student's perspective and review / Angela Perkey
  • Part IV. Otherness and inclusiveness
  • Chapter 10. Service-learning and the culture of ableism / Pamela J. Gent
  • Chapter 11. A critical connection between service-learning and urban communities: Using critical pedagogy to frame the context / Nicole Webster and Heather Coffey
  • Chapter 12. Discourse of advocacy: Student learners' critical reflections on working with Spanish-speaking immigrant students / Chiu-Hui (Vivian) Wu and Robert L. Dahlgren
  • Chapter 13. Service loitering: White pre-service teachers preparing for diversity in an underserved community / Valerie Hill-Jackson and Chance W. Lewis
  • Part V. Challenges and concluding remarks
  • Chapter 14. Reflections on scholarship and engaged scholarship: A call to the field / Robin J. Crews
  • Chapter 15. Service-learning research: Returning to the moral questions / Peter Levine
  • About the editors
  • About the contributing authors.

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