Community Service-Learning: A Guide to Including Service in the Public School CurriculumRahima C. Wade Service-learning, the integration of community service with academic course work, is a promising strategy for enhancing learning and developing active democratic citizens. This book responds to the many recent calls for youth involvement in service as part of the public school curriculum. While service-learning holds many benefits for students, teachers, and communities, there are also many challenges to effectively incorporatie it into the curriculum. Each of the book's four parts provides a different scope and purpose. Part 1 addresses the components of quality service- learning programs; Part 2 introduces diverse models of service-learning programs at the elementary, middle, and high school levels; Part 3 allows students, agency members, and administrators to tell their own stories of service-learning involvement, to discuss issues with other individuals who share their roles, and to offer recommendations for effective action; and Part 4 asks readers to consider the future of service-learning in public schooling. Community Service-Learning is a comprehensive resource that will be valuable for all those involved with K-12 service-learning programs: administrators, classroom teachers, students, program coordinators, and university teacher education programs. |
Contents
An Introduction | 1 |
An Overview 19 | 19 |
Preparation | 35 |
Collaboration | 47 |
Service | 63 |
Curriculum Integration | 79 |
Reflection | 94 |
Building Support for ServiceLearning | 113 |
Student | 225 |
Administrator | 238 |
School Program Coordinator | 250 |
Staff Developer | 259 |
Community Agency Member | 273 |
Parent | 281 |
Statewide ServiceLearning Coordinator | 290 |
The Future of ServiceLearning | 299 |
ServiceLearning in Schools | 129 |
Elementary School Programs | 142 |
Middle School Programs | 159 |
High School Programs | 180 |
Teachers of ServiceLearning | 197 |
Part 3 | 215 |
ServiceLearning in Preservice Teacher Education | 314 |
Conclusion | 331 |
Community ServiceLearning Resource Kits | 349 |
About the Contributors | 369 |
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Community Service-Learning: A Guide to Including Service in the Public ... Rahima C. Wade Limited preview - 1997 |
Community Service-Learning: A Guide to Including Service in the Public ... Rahima C. Wade No preview available - 1997 |