Service-Learning Companion

by Duncan, Dawn; Kopperud, Joan

• ISBN13: 9780618758982
• ISBN10: 0618758984
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-07-16
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

More and more, students, instructors, and institutions are seeing how service learning--a means of combining community service with academic education--enhances the studies, careers, and overall lives of students as they work toward becoming civic-minded citizens and leaders. Service-Learning Companion provides guidance to students who have enrolled in a program with a service-learning component, or a special individual course that focuses on service learning. Its versatile structure allows instructors to implement it as a companion to a main text or to use it as a stand-alone text. Concise and affordable, this text provides clear definitions of service learning terminology, a theoretical foundation, a step-by-step process of implementation and assessment, and specific examples. Hands-on exercises that allow students to respond to real-life situations and practice their responses in the classroom prepare them to perform effectively in communities.

Table of Contents

What Is Service-Learning?

Defining Service-Learning

Service-Learning at a Glance

Commitment to Community Partnership

Learning and Academic Rigor Intentional

Reflective Thinking Practice of Civic Responsibility

The Kolb Experiential Learning Cycle

Practicing Service-Learning

Course-Embedded Service-Learning

Other Service-LearningOptions

Why Do Service-Learning?

Becoming Good Citizens

Preparing to Live as Citizens in Community

The Value and Virtue of Citizenship

Service-Learning in the Aristotelian

Tradition Levels of Engaged Citizenship

A Personal Case of Engagement Leadership

Conflict Resolution, and Teamwork

Avoiding Stereotypes, Acknowledging Privilege, and Embracing Diversity

Social Change Wheel

Preparing for Your Future

Transferable Skills and Intentional Learning

Academic and Cognitive Abilities

Social and Interpersonal Skills

Finding Your Calling Career Understanding

Work Preparedness, and Equipped for the Future (EFF) Skills

How Does Service-Learning Work?

Participating in an Integrated Experience

Roles of Service-Learning Participants

Campus Facilitators, Community Partners, and Students

Identifying Learning Objectives and Outcomes

Organizing for Service-Learning Success

The CARC Learning Cycle

Contemplation, Action, Reflection, and Commitment

Contemplation Action Reflection Commitment

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