Research for what? : making engaged scholarship matter

Research on service-learning and community engagement has exploded over the past decade. It is a field now characterized by increasing methodological and theoretical sophistication, vast quantitative and qualitative studies, interdisciplinary research, myriad subjects, and the internationalization o...

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Other Authors Keshen, Jeff (Editor), Holland, Barbara A. (Editor), Moely, Barbara E. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, [2010]
SeriesAdvances in service-learning research.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806617081
DOI10.1108/978-1-61735-167-9
Physical Description1 online resource (xviii, 228 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Toward understanding reciprocity in community-university partnerships: an analysis of select theories of power / Lorilee R. Sandmann... [et al.]
  • Quantitative assessment of service-learning outcomes: is self-reported change a reasonable proxy for longitudinal change? / Nicolas A. Bowman and Jay Brandenberger
  • Facilitating transformation through education: promoting teaching of social responsibility and civic education for democracy / Janel Smith and Annie McKitrick
  • Conceptual and analytic development of a civic engagement scale for preadolescents / Nicole Nicotera ... [et al.]
  • The relationship between the quality of service-learning interventions and teen seatbelt use / Janet Eyler ... [et al.]
  • Service-learning and preinternship teacher sense of efficacy: a comparison of two designs / Trae Stewart, Kay W. Allen, and Haiyan Bai
  • Service-learning in Singapore: preparing teachers for the future / Robert Schumer, Kim Chuan Goh, and Vilma D'Rozario
  • Benefits to students of service-learning through a food security partnership model / Connie Nelson and Mirella Stroink
  • Journey to service-learning research: agendas, accomplishments, and aspirations / Dwight E. Giles, Jr.