Service Learning in Higher Education : From Pedagogy to Practice / / by Elaine Clanton Harpine

• Autore: Clanton Harpine Elaine
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2024.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (180 pages)
• Disciplina: 378.01
• Soggetto topico: School psychology; Professional education; Vocational education; Teaching; Learning, Psychology of; Social psychiatry; Education and state; School Psychology; Professional and Vocational Education; Pedagogy; Instructional Psychology; Clinical Social Work; Education Policy
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Chapter 1. Yes, I Want to Use Academic Service-Learning. Where Do I Begin? -- Chapter 2. The Advantages of Using Academic Service-Learning in a University Classroom What Does the Research Say? -- Chapter 3. Why Is It Important to Select the Right Service-Learning Project? -- Chapter 4. How Does Academic Service-Learning Help Students Learn in the Classroom and from the Textbook? -- Chapter 5. Creating an Intrinsically Motivating Learning Environment: Promoting Student Engagement and Intrinsic Motivation -- Chapter 6. Building an Academic Service-Learning Pedagogy How Can a Course Incorporate Academic Service-Learning? -- Chapter 7. Designing an Academic Service-Learning Course How Can Faculty Members Measure Learning and Student Reflection? -- Chapter 8. What Should an Academic Service-Learning Syllabus Include? -- Chapter 9. Applying the Principles of Change What Type of Leadership Should I Provide? -- Chapter 10. What Impact Will the Academic Service-Learning Project Have on the Community? How Can I Best Prepare my Students to Work at an Off-Campus Community Setting?.
• Sommario/riassunto: This practical guide assists university faculty in developing and implementing service-learning courses and projects across multiple disciplines. It examines how embedding academic service-learning projects into the core curricula benefits not only the students, but also their universities and communities. The book describes ways in which service learning becomes a powerful teaching method using step-by-step explanations, real-world examples, and instructor checklists and handouts. Chapters detail how to integrate academic service-learning projects into classroom pedagogy and evaluate student experience. Key areas of coverage include: Strategies for ensuring that students engage with academic service-learning projects from the initial stages through completion. Guidance on embedding an academic service-learning curriculum into traditional coursework to supplement students’ textbook knowledge and classroom experiences to address real-world problems in the community. Research confirming the ways in which students learn more and score higher on end-of-the-semester tests when courses incorporate academic service-learning projects. Steps to incorporate service-learning projects across various disciplines and coursework to enrich student learning and produce positive outcomes for universities and communities. Service Learning in Higher Education is an essential resource for professors and graduate students as well as teachers and educational professionals in such varied fields as school and clinical child psychology, educational psychology, social work, pedagogy, educational practice and policy, sociology, anthropology, and all related disciplines.
• Titolo autorizzato: Service Learning in Higher Education
• ISBN: 9783031513787
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910842295103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II