Full Description
Service learning allows psychology undergraduates to improve their academic, personal, civic, and preprofessional outcomes through civic engagement. Students hone knowledge and skills from the classroom by collaborating with community organizations and residents in community-based activities. Community service that is integrated into a psychology course might include tutoring children, developing informational brochures, promoting social change, or conducting participatory community action research.
This book reviews the theory, research, and practice behind service learning, establishing it as an effective pedagogy that can help psychology departments meet the five key learning goals outlined in the APA Guidelines for the Undergraduate Psychology Major: knowledge base in psychology, scientific inquiry and critical thinking, ethical and social responsibility in a diverse world, communication, and professional development.
Contents
Foreword
Thomas McGovern
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. Psychology and Civic Engagement
Psychologically Literate Citizens: Civic Learning for the Public Good
Service Learning, Civic Engagement, and Science
II. Pedagogical Approaches
Designing a Service Learning Course
Integrating Service Learning Into the Curriculum: Introductory Psychology
Integrating Service Learning Into the Curriculum: Abnormal, Health, and Community Psychology
Integrating Service Learning Into the Curriculum: Personality, Social, and Cultural Psychology
Integrating Service Learning Into the Curriculum: Developmental Psychology
Integrating Service Learning Into the Curriculum: Cognition, Learning, and Behavioral Neuroscience
Integrating Service Learning Into the Curriculum: Statistics, Research Methods, and Research Capstone
Future Directions: Incorporating Service Learning in Learning Communities, Interdisciplinary Courses, Online Courses, Civic Internships, and Study Abroad
III. Faculty Engagement
Faculty Development for Service Learning
The Engaged Psychology Department
Assessment, Research, and Scholarship on Service Learning
Appendix A: American Psychological Association Learning Goals and Outcomes Indicators
Appendix B: American Psychological Association Learning Goals and Inferred Attributes
Appendix C: Reflection Map
References
Index
About the Authors
