Studying service-learning [[electronic resource] ] : innovations in education research methodology / / edited by Shelley H. Billig, Alan S. Waterman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455888003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2003
• ISBN: 1-282-32248-6; 9786612322488; 1-4106-0910-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BilligShelley; WatermanAlan S
• Disciplina: 373.119
• Soggetti: Education - Research - Methodology; Service learning; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction Studying Service-Learning: Challenges and Solutions; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 Service-Learning Research: Foundational Issues; 2 Issues of Definition and Program Diversity in the Study of Service-Learning; 3 Epistemology and Service-Learning Research; 4 Using Developmental and Learning Theory in the Design and Evaluation of K-16 Service-Learning Programs; 5 Issues Regarding the Selection of Variables for Study in the Context of the Diversity of Possible Student Outcomes of Service-Learning; 6 Creating and Utilizing Databases on Service-Learning; 7 Issues of Research Design and Statistical Analysis8 Practical Issues in the Conduct of Large-Scale, Multisite Research and Evaluation; 9 Self-Assessment for Service-Learning; 10 Teacher Research in Service-Learning; 11 Expanding the Paradigm: Students as Researchers in Service-Learning; 12 The Promise and Challenge of Service-Learning Portraiture Research; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; Author Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume represents a breakthrough discussion of the research ; issues surrounding innovative pedagogies. Using service-learning as its focus, it explores ways in which researchers and evaluators can study a teaching and learning approach that has multiple goals, including both academic and affective development. The chapter authors show how to study a topic that is multilayered, complex, and involves the ways in which individuals make meaning of their experiences. Seven challenges that researchers need to grapple with in studying service-learning are identified and addressed: defini