Learning through serving : a student guidebook for service-learning and civic engagement across academic disciplines and cultural communities / Christine M. Cress, Peter J. Collier, Vicki L. Reitenauer and Associates.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cress, Christine M. (Christine Marie), 1962- author.

Contributor:

Collier, Peter J. (Peter John), 1947-

Reitenauer, Vicki L. (Vicki Lynn), 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community and college--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Community and college.

Experiential learning--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Experiential learning.

Service learning--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Service learning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Sterling, Virginia : Stylus Publishing, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This substantially expanded new edition of this widely-used and acclaimed text maintains the objectives and tenets of the first. It is designed to help students understand and reflect on their community service experiences both as individuals and as citizens of communities in need of their compassionate expertise. It is designed to assist faculty in facilitating student development of compassionate expertise through the context of service in applying disciplinary knowledge to community issues and challenges. In sum, the book is about how to make academic sense of civic service in preparing for roles as future citizen leaders. Each chapter has been developed to be read and reviewed, in sequence, over the term of a service-learning course. Students in a semester course might read just one chapter each week, while those in a quarter-term course might need to read one to two chapters per week. The chapters are intentionally short, averaging 8 to 14 pages, so they do not interfere with other course content reading. This edition presents four new chapters on Mentoring, Leadership, Becoming a Change Agent, and Short-Term Immersive and Global Service-Learning experiences. The authors have also revised the original chapters to more fully address issues of social justice, privilege/power, diversity, intercultural communication, and technology; have added more disciplinary examples; incorporated additional academic content for understanding service-learning issues (e.g., attribution theory); and cover issues related to students with disabilities, and international students.

Contents:

PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING THE LEARNING-THROUGH-SERVING PROPOSITION

1. WHAT ARE SERVICE-LEARNING AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT?

2. BUILDING AND MAINTAINING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS

3. BECOMING COMMUNITY: Moving from I to We

PART TWO: LEARNING THE LANDSCAPE, LEARNING THE LANGUAGE

4. GROUPS ARE FUN, GROUPS ARE NOT FUN: Teamwork for the Common Good

5. CREATING CULTURAL CONNECTIONS: Navigating Difference, Investigating Power, Unpacking Privilege

PART THREE: FACILITATING LEARNING AND MEANING-MAKING INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM

6. REFLECTION IN ACTION: The Learning–Doing Relationship

7. MENTORING: Relationship Building for Empowerment

8. LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE-LEARNING: Leveraging Change

9. FAILURE WITH THE BEST OF INTENTIONS: When Things Go Wrong

10. EXPANDING HORIZONS: New Views of Course Concepts

PART FOUR: ASSESSING THE ENGAGEMENT EFFORT

11. BEYOND A GRADE: Are We Making a Difference?: The Benefits and Challenges of Evaluating Learning and Serving

12. GLOBAL AND IMMERSIVE SERVICE-LEARNING: What You Need to Know as You Go

13. START ANYWHERE, FOLLOW IT EVERYWHERE: Agents of Change

14. LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD: Where Do You Go from Here?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-00-344569-1

1-003-44569-1

1-4619-5190-9

1-57922-991-3

9781003445692

OCLC:

1390712681