Deconstructing Service-Learning

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Most of the chapters in this volume originated at an October 2002 international conference on service learning held at Vanderbilt U. in Nashville, Tennessee. Twelve papers are organized into seven sections on research challenges, the influence of context, institutionalization, the role of community, the impact on students, international perspectives, and the state of the field. A sampling of topics: enhancing theory-based research, teacher dilemmas, sustaining factors at a national leader school, ethical ...
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Most of the chapters in this volume originated at an October 2002 international conference on service learning held at Vanderbilt U. in Nashville, Tennessee. Twelve papers are organized into seven sections on research challenges, the influence of context, institutionalization, the role of community, the impact on students, international perspectives, and the state of the field. A sampling of topics: enhancing theory-based research, teacher dilemmas, sustaining factors at a national leader school, ethical partnership relationships, using written protocols to measure outcomes, and developing a global civil society. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Enhancing Theory-Based Research on Service-Learning 3
2 The Missing Link: Exploring the Context of Learning in Service-Learning 25
3 Dilemmas of Service-Learning Teachers 51
4 The Diffusion of Academic Service-Learning in Teacher Education: A Case Study Approach 77
5 The Sustaining Factors of Service-Learning at a National Leader School: A Case Study 103
6 Finding the Community in Service-Learning Research: The 3-"I" Model 125
7 Ethical Relationships in Service-Learning Partnerships 147
8 Using Written Protocols to Measure Service-Learning Outcomes 171
9 Service and Motivation to Serve: An Exploration and Model 195
10 Service-Learning and Resilience in Disaffected Youth: A Research Study 213
11 Service-Learning Internationally: Developing a Global Civil Society 241
12 The State of Service-Learning and Service-Learning Research 253
About the Authors 265
Index 271
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