Where's the Learning in Service-Learning?

by Janet Eyler; Dwight E. Giles

• ISBN13: 9780787944834
• ISBN10: 0787944831
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-05-01
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

"It is hard to overstate the importance of this book to the field. The research presented here should contribute significantly to those responsible for improving program effectiveness or advocating for this kind of pedagogy. The careful research and thoughtful commentary provide a wealth of insights about service-learning and how best to do it." --Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning "A groundbreaking book that unearths what all service-learning researchers and practitioners need to know." --Andrew Furco, director, Service-Learning Research & Development Center, University of California at Berkeley This timely volume is the first to explore service-learning as a valid learning activity. The authors present extensive data from two groundbreaking national research projects. Their studies include a large national survey focused on attitudes and perceptions of learning, intensive student interviews before and after the service semester, and additional comprehensive interviews to explore student views of the service-learning process.

Author Biography

JANET EYLER is associate professor of the Practice of Education at Vanderbilt University. DWIGHT E. GILES, JR., is professor of the Practice of Human and Organizational Development at Vanderbilt University.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Alexander W. Astin
Preface	xiii
Acknowledgments	xxiii
The Authors	xxix
Identifying the Learning Outcomes of Service	1	(22)
Personal and Interpersonal Development	23	(34)
Understanding and Applying Knowledge	57	(26)
Engagement, Curiosity, and Reflective Practice	83	(16)
Critical Thinking	99	(30)
Perspective Transformation	129	(22)
Citizenship	151	(14)
Program Characteristics of Effective-Service-Learning	165	(22)
Strengthening the Role of Service in the College Curriculum	187	(102)
Resource A: College and University Participants in the Studies	209	(2)
Resource B: Sample and Methods of the Studies	211	(14)
Resource C: Survey and Interview Instruments	225	(50)
Resource D: Survey Regression Tables: Impact of Service-Learning	275	(4)
Resource E: Survey Regression Tables: Impact of Program Characteristics	279	(8)
Resource F: Interview Regression Tables: Impact of Well-Integrated Service-Learning	287	(2)
References	289	(12)
Index	301