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Learning through serving : a student guidebook for service-learning and civic engagement across academic disciplines and cultural communities /

""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 the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cress, Christine M. (Christine Marie), 1962-
Otros Autores: Collier, Peter J. (Peter John), 1947-, Reitenauer, Vicki L. (Vicki Lynn), 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sterling, Virginia : Stylus Publishing, [2013]
Edición:2nd ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part 1. Understanding the learning-through-serving proposition. What is service-learning and civic engagement?
  • Building and maintaining community partnerships
  • Becoming community : moving from I to we
  • Part 2. Learning the landscape, learning the language. Groups are fun, groups are not fun : teamwork for the common good
  • Creating cultural connections : navigating difference, investigating power, unpacking privilege
  • Part 3. Facilitating learning and meaning-making inside and outside the classroom. Reflection in action : the learning-doing relationship
  • Mentoring : relationship building for empowerment
  • Leadership and service-learning : leveraging change
  • Failure with the best of intentions : when things go wrong
  • Expanding horizons : new views of course concepts
  • Part 4. Assessing the engagement efforts. Beyond a grade : are we making a difference? : the benefits and challenges of evaluating learning and serving
  • Global and immersive service-learning : what you need to know as you go
  • Start anywhere, follow it everywhere : agents of change
  • Looking back, looking forward : where do you go from here?