- 172 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 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