Service-Learning in Higher Education : Critical Issues and Directions / by D. Butin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Butin, Dan W. (Dan Wernaa)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher.

Geology.

Education--Philosophy.

Education.

Educational sociology.

Education and state.

Higher Education.

Philosophy of Education.

Sociology of Education.

Educational Policy and Politics.

Local Subjects:

Higher Education.

Geology.

Philosophy of Education.

Sociology of Education.

Educational Policy and Politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2005.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Advocates have positioned service-learning as a real-world, real-time opportunity for students to encounter academic knowledge in a meaningful and relevant manner. Service-learning in higher education settings offers a powerful alternative to traditional models of teaching and learning. Students are encouraged to develop links to local institutions, volunteer their time, and create a special bond between the university and the community in which they live. Service-learning has become a very popular alternative to standard courses in higher education and is gaining significant popularity. This book takes a serious look at the unintended consequences and alternative conceptualizations of this mode of learning and explores what it could offer us in the future.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Preface: Disturbing Normalizations of Service-Learning

Notes on Contributors

Section I The Micro-Politics and Micro-Practices of Service-Learning

1 Getting Inside the "Underside" of Service-Learning: Student Resistance and Possibilities

2 "Whose School is it Anyway?" Student Voices in an Urban Classroom

3 "I Can Never Turn My Back On That": Liminality and the Impact of Class on Service-Learning Experience

4 Beyond a World of Binaries: My Views on Service-Learning

5 Changing Places: Theorizing Space and Power Dynamics in Service-Learning

6 Service-Learning as Postmodern Pedagogy

Section II Transformative Models of Service-Learning Practice

7 The Evolution of a Community of Practice: Stakeholders and Service in Management 101

8 Human Rights-Human Wrongs: Making Political Science Real Through Service-Learning

9 "No One Has Stepped There Before": Learning About Racism in Our Town

10 Service-Learning as a Source of Identity Change in Bucknell in Northern Ireland

11 Service-Learning as Crucible: Reflections on Immersion, Context, Power, and Transformation

Section III Reframing the Institutionalization of Service-Learning

12 The Aesthetical Basis for Service-Learning Practice

13 Putting Down Roots in the Groves of Academe: The Challenges of Institutionalizing Service-Learning

Index

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611364656

9781281364654

1281364657

9781403981042

1403981043

OCLC:

560481844