Service learning in the community : the cultural implications of positive change / / Joyce Duncan and Teresa Brooks Taylor

• Autore: Duncan Joyce
• Pubblicazione: New York, NY : , : Momentum Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 68 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 361.37
• Soggetto topico: Service learning - United States
• Persona (resp. second.): TaylorTeresa Brooks
• Note generali: Co-published with Cognella Academic Publishing.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 59-66) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. The foundations of service learning -- What is service-learning? -- Project or placement -- History of service-learning -- Choices -- Definition of terms -- Final thoughts -- ; 2. Giving something to gain something -- Service-learning and reciprocity -- Reciprocity defined -- Important components of reciprocity in service-learning -- Roles and expectations -- Expectations for the student -- Expectations of community agency -- Expectations of the university, faculty, and service-learning staff -- Overview of mutual exchange -- ; 3. Understanding the impact of service learning -- Power of language -- Community as classroom -- Social identity -- Methods of reflection -- Sense of place -- Self-reflection -- Personal development -- ; 4. How cultural differences and understanding come into play -- What is culture? -- Social capital -- Community change process -- Definitions -- Cultural norms -- Social justice -- Power -- ; 5. Understanding the implications of diversity -- Insiders versus outsiders -- Adaptation -- Prejudice -- Discrimination -- Stereotypes -- Perception -- Proxemics -- Learning styles -- ; Reflection -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Service learning in the community
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824990003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Educational psychology collection.