Studying service-learning : innovations in education research methodology / edited by Shelley H. Billig, Alan S. Waterman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Billig, Shelley.

Waterman, Alan S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Service learning.

Education--Research--Methodology.

Education.

Physical Description:

xiv, 260 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2003.

Summary:

Presents innovations in research methodology as these are implemented in the study of service-learning, and provides recommendations to professionals doing research on service-learning and on any form of experiential education or educational reform.

Contents:

1 Service-Learning Research: Foundational Issues / Jeffrey Howard 1

2 Issues of Definition and Program Diversity in the Study of Service-Learning / Andrew Furco 13

3 Epistemology and Service-Learning Research / Fredric Waldstein 35

4 Using Developmental Theory in the Design and Evaluation of K-16 Service-Learning Programs / L. Richard Bradley 47

5 Issues Regarding the Selection of Variables for Study in the Context of the Diversity of Possible Student Outcomes of Service-Learning / Alan S. Waterman 73

6 Creating and Utilizing Databases on Service-Learning / Carl Fertman, Yolanda Yugar 91

7 Issues of Research Design and Statistical Analysis / Deborah Hecht 107

8 Practical Issues in the Conduct of Large-Scale, Multisite Research and Evaluation / Lawrence Bailis, Alan Melchior 125

9 Self-Assessment for Service-Learning / Robert Shumer 149

10 Teacher Research in Service-Learning / Susan Root 173

11 Expanding the Paradigm: Students as Researchers in Service-Learning / Jeffrey Anderson 187

12 The Promise and Challenge of Service-Learning Portraiture Research / Don Hill, Terry Pickeral, Marty Duckenfield 207.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0805842756

0805842764

OCLC:

50920779