Furco / Billig / Andrew New Perspectives in Service Learning

Research to Advance the Field
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-60752-922-4
Verlag: Information Age Publishing
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 269 Seiten

Reihe: Advances in Service-Learning Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Furco, Andrew

Furco,

Billig, Shelley H.

Andrew,

Billig,

H., Shelley

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Cover;1
2;Contents;7
3;Introduction;9
4;Part I Foundations;13
4.1;1 Service-Learning and the Development of Democratic Universities, Democratic Schools, and Democratic Good Societies in the 21st Century;15
4.2;2 Adding Rigor to Service-Learning Research: An Armchair Economists' Approach;35
5;Part II Impact of Service-Learning;49
5.1;3 A Framework for Assessing Academic Service-Learning Across Disciplines;51
5.2;4 The Impact of K-12 School-Based Service-Learning on Academic Achievement and Student Engagement in Michigan;73
5.3;5 The Long-Term Effects of Undergraduate Service-Learning Programs on Postgraduate Employment Choices, Community Engagement, and Civic Leadership;99
5.4;6 Effects of Intercultural Service-Learning Experiences on Intellectual Development and Intercultural Sensitivity;119
5.5;7 Service-Learning Taken to a New Level Through Community Based Research: A Win-Win for Campus and Community;139
6;Part III Institutionalization of Service-Learning;161
6.1;8 Teacher Perceptions on Implementing Schoolwide Service-Learning;163
6.2;9 Faculty Engagement in Service-Learning: Individual and Organizational Factors at Distinct Institutional Types;181
6.3;10 Institutionalizing Service-Learning Across the University: International Comparisons;207
7;Part IV Reflections on Today and Tomorrow;231
7.1;11 Service-Learning as Civically Engaged Scholarship: Challenges and Strategies in Higher Education and K-12 Settings;233
8;About the Contributors;255
9;Index;259