Full Description
This book examines key concepts, principles, and applications of the service-learning approach. Service-learning is a community-based educational approach to improve a student's academic, personal, leadership, civic, and professional development through civic engagement. Unlike other traditional approaches to education, service-learning students can use their classroom-based knowledge and skills in a real-life context in collaboration with community organisations and residents.
This volume explores the theory, research, and practices of how service-learning is understood, implemented, and evaluated in different contexts. It provides essential guidelines to implement and integrate service-learning at educational institutions through extensive discussions on the principles, philosophical challenges, opportunities, and its applications. Key themes include:
• Theory of service-learning
• Concept of service-learning
• Challenges to service-learning
• Applications of service-learning
• Service-learning as professional development
• Service-learning as communication
Accessibly written, this book would be of interest to faculty, students, community organisations, and researchers working in the areas of education, pedagogy, sociology, and social work.
Contents
1. Conceptualising Service-Learning 2. Service-Learning as Pedagogy 3. Service-Learning and Diversity Attitude 4. Service-Learning and Reflection 5. Assessment in Service-Learning 6. Service-Learning and Active Citizenship 7. Service-Learning and Technology 8. Service-Learning as Transformative Pedagogy 9. Service-Learning as Civic Pedagogy 10. Service-Learning Theories 11. Service-Learning Models 12. Service-Learning and Vocational Education 13. Factors Influencing Service-Learning Implementation 14. Conclusions and Suggestions
