Service-learning in higher education : critical issues and directions / / [edited] by Dan W. Butin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910826411103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005
• ISBN: 1-281-36465-7; 9786611364656; 1-4039-8104-3
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2005.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ButinDan W (Dan Wernaa)
• Disciplina: 378/.015/0973
• Soggetti: Community and college - United States; Education, Higher - Curricula - United States; Experiential learning - United States; Service learning - United States; Student volunteers in social service - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- Preface: Disturbing Normalizations of Service-Learning -- Notes on Contributors -- Section I The Micro-Politics and Micro-Practices of Service-Learning -- 1 Getting Inside the "Underside" of Service-Learning: Student Resistance and Possibilities -- 2 "Whose School is it Anyway?" Student Voices in an Urban Classroom -- 3 "I Can Never Turn My Back On That": Liminality and the Impact of Class on Service-Learning Experience -- 4 Beyond a World of Binaries: My Views on Service-Learning -- 5 Changing Places: Theorizing Space and Power Dynamics in Service-Learning -- 6 Service-Learning as Postmodern Pedagogy -- Section II Transformative Models of Service-Learning Practice -- 7 The Evolution of a Community of Practice: Stakeholders and Service in Management 101 -- 8 Human Rights-Human Wrongs: Making Political Science Real Through Service-Learning -- 9 "No One Has Stepped There Before": Learning About Racism in Our Town -- 10 Service-Learning as a Source of Identity Change in Bucknell in Northern Ireland -- 11 Service-Learning as Crucible: Reflections on Immersion, Context, Power, and Transformation -- Section III Reframing the ; Institutionalization of Service-Learning -- 12 The Aesthetical Basis for Service-Learning Practice -- 13 Putting Down Roots in the Groves of Academe: The Challenges of Institutionalizing Service-Learning -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: Advocates have positioned service-learning as a real-world, real-time opportunity for students to encounter academic knowledge in a meaningful and relevant manner. Service-learning in higher education settings offers a powerful alternative to traditional models of teaching and learning. Students are encouraged to develop links to local institutions, volunteer their time, and create a special bond between the university and the community in which they live. Service-learning has become a very popular alternative to standard courses in higher education and is gaining significant popularity. This book takes a serious look at the unintended consequences and alternative conceptualizations of this mode of learning and explores what it could offer us in the future.