Service-Learning in Theory and Practice The Future of Community Engagement in Higher Education

by Butin, Dan W.

• ISBN13: 9780230622500
• ISBN10: 023062250X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-03-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book offers a comprehensive rethinking of the theory and practice of service-learning in higher education. Democratic and community engagement are vital aspects of linking colleges and communities, and this book critically engages the best practices and powerful alternative models in the academy. Drawing on key theoretical insights and empirical studies, Butin details the limits and possibilities of the future of community engagement in developing and sustaining the engaged campus.

Author Biography

Dan W. Butin is Assistant Dean of Cambridge College’s School of Education, with responsibility for the department of educational leadership, which is comprised of the Masters in Education in school administration, CAGS (certificate of advanced graduate study), and doctoral studies in educational leadership. He is the editor of Service-Learning in Higher Education (2005, Palgrave) Teaching Social Foundations of Education (2005, Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers), and author, most recently, of Rethinking Service-Learning: Embracing the Scholarship of Engagement within Higher Education. Dr. Butin's forthcoming book is The Education Dissertation: A Guide for Scholar Practitioners. Dr. Butin’s research focuses on issues of educator preparation and policy and community-based models of teaching, learning, and research. Dr. Butin is a member of the group blog Education Policy Blog, which links social foundations with educational policy; he is also a member of the Encyclopedia Britannica blog.

Table of Contents

PART I: DEFINING AND DISTURBING SERVICE-LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION * Conceptualizing Service-Learning * The Limits of Service-Learning * The Possibilities of Service-Learning * PART II: INSTITUTIONALIZING SERVICE-LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION * Disciplining Service-Learning * Majoring in Service-Learning? * The Futures of Service-Learning? * PART III: EMBRACING A SCHOLARLSHIP OF ENGAGEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION * Towards a Theory and Practice of Community Engagement * Living With(in) the Future: Higher Education Trends and Implications for Service-Learning

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