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Learning With the Community Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Teacher Education -- Contents -- About This Series -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Service-Learning: An Essential Process for Preparing Teachers as Transformational Leaders in the Reform of Public Education -- School-Based Service: A Review of Research for Teacher Educators -- Service-Learning and Evaluation: An Inseparable Process -- Service-Learning Professional Development for Experienced Teachers -- Teacher Education and Service-Learning: A Critical Perspective

Loads of learning takes place in the classroom, but it is by no means the only place for students to gain knowledge and experience. This innovative resource introduces service learning and why it can be such a helpful tool for students, the elderly, and the larger community. Successful service learning projects are described throughout the book, which highlight how they work as well as the benefits of getting to know the often overlooked senior population within our communities. Forthright discussions of the challenges and benefits highlight why service-learning projects can be a satisfying, fun, and memorable way to learn

Sigmon begins the paper by stating that there are many public issues that are not receiving adequate attention by governmental and private organizations, including: nutritional problems, illiteracy, housing, health care, and lack of educational opportunities. Sigmon proposes that service-learning is a method to help our community while also learning many useful things. He describes the success he has had in North Carolina with his internship program and encourages the people of Alabama to increase student involvement with public need based learning. He concludes by saying that service-learning can develop servant-leaders who will take the risks, imagine the ideologies, and provide the structures so that society can improve.

Intro -- Title Page -- Permissions -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: What's It All About? -- Chapter 2: Should I Go? -- Chapter 3: Second Thoughts and Cold Feet -- Chapter 4: Let's Talk about Money -- Chapter 5: Blessings and Trials of Being a Traveling Companion -- Chapter 6: Increasing Your Cross-Cultural Competency -- Chapter 7: Packing Lists-Don't Forget Your Passport! -- Chapter 8: Whatever You Do . . . -- Chapter 9: Reflections during Service Learning Experiences -- Chapter 10: Finishing Well -- Chapter 11: Looking Back -- Bibliography -- Additional Resources.

Cover -- Service Learning in the Community: The Cultural Implications of Positive Change -- Contents -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1: The Foundations of Service Learning -- CHAPTER 2: Giving Something to Gain Something -- CHAPTER 3: Understanding the impact of Service Learning -- CHAPTER 4: How Cultural Differences and Understanding Come into Play -- CHAPTER 5: Understanding the Implications of Diversity -- Reflection -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index -- Cover

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER TWO: THE FIRST NATIONAL COMMUNITY IN ACTION YOUTH SUMMIT -- CHAPTER THREE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CONSORTIUM BREAKFAST ON RELATIONSHIP VIOLENCE: WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT? -- CHAPTER FOUR: A NON-TRADITIONAL SERVICE-LEARNING APPROACH -- CHAPTER FIVE: NEW DIRECTIONS IN SERVICE-LEARNING -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.

This is a highly practical book for anyone who is interested in establishing or maintaining a service learning program at the high school level. It comes at an opportune moment, following the recent passage of the National and Community Service Act of 1993. The book explains the origins, purpose, goals, and principles of service learning; discusses program design options and factors that need to be considered when establishing a program; offers guidance on starting and operating a program; and discusses how to handle common obstacles and challenges. Appendixes list other sources of valuable in

Showing students the human side of immigration debates, service-learning opportunities with immigrant and migrant communities can offer an enormously rewarding experience to participants. In addition to enhancing discussions on immigration that can take place in history, social studies, language, political science, economics, or other classes, these opportunities give students a chance to directly affect the lives of those who often find themselves on the periphery of society. This volume examines the various service-learning projects available to those who wish to positively impact immigrant and migrant communities and guides readers through the process of successfully executing a service-learning project

Service-Learning Essentials is the resource you need to help you develop high-quality service-learning experiences for college students. Written by one of the field's leading experts and sponsored by Campus Compact, the book is the definitive work on this high-impact educational practice. Service-learning has been identified by the Association of American Colleges and Universities as having been widely tested and shown to be beneficial to college students from a wide variety of backgrounds. Organized in an accessible question-and-answer format, the book responds clearly and completely to the most common questions and concerns about service-learning. Each chapter addresses issues related to individual practice as well as to the collective work of starting and developing a service-learning center or program, with examples drawn from a variety of disciplines, situations, and institutional types. The questions range from basic to advanced and the answers cover both the fundamentals and complexities of service-learning. Topics include: Determining what service-learning opportunities institutions should offer How to engage students in critical reflection in academic courses and in cocurricular experiences Best practices for developing and sustaining mutually beneficial campus-community partnerships Integrating service-learning into the curriculum in all disciplines and at all levels, as well as various areas of student life outside the classroom Assessing service-learning programs and outcomes The dilemmas of service-learning in the context of power and privilege The future of service-learning in online and rapidly globalizing environments Service-learning has virtually limitless potential to enable colleges and universities to meet their goals for student learning while making unique contributions to addressing unmet local, national, and global needs.

Service learning is an interdisciplinary pedagogical tool that is becoming increasing popular in schools. It involves students taking part in projects that are aimed at strengthening their communities and using tools to rigorously assess what they have learned from their experiences. This volume concentrates on service-learning projects with the goal of increasing tolerance. The author offers a look at social movements that have made our society more tolerant over time. He explains how students can establish and develop service-learning projects that address the persistent problem of intolerance and suggests which tools can best help them learn from their efforts

Sigmon's speech argues that students would get a better education if they venture outside of the classroom walls and into the community. Sigmon wanted to establish service-learning opportunities for 16-24 year olds within government, churches, and private organizations. He also lays out five basic principles to guide service and learning activities and a plan of operation for the internships.