Reflecting on Service-Learning in Higher Education: Contemporary Issues and Perspectives

Author:   M. Gail Hickey ,  Sheena Choi ,  Jeremiah Clabough ,  Donna Eder
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Pages:   230
Publication Date:   12 May 2016
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Author:   M. Gail Hickey ,  Sheena Choi ,  Jeremiah Clabough ,  Donna Eder
Publisher:   Lexington Books
Imprint:   Lexington Books
Dimensions:   Width: 16.10cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.80cm
Weight:   0.458kg
ISBN:  

9781498523707


ISBN 10:   1498523706
Pages:   230
Publication Date:   12 May 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Introduction M. Gail Hickey Section I: Reflecting on Community Partnerships Chapter 1: Implementing Reciprocity for Collaborative Community Partnership Sherrie Steiner Chapter 2: The Move to a More Pragmatic Democratic Civic Engagement: Universities of the Future Joe D. Nichols Section II: Reflecting on Classroom Practice Chapter 3: Reflecting on Service-Learning Experiences: A Three-Stage Model M. Gail Hickey Chapter 4: “I am amazed by how much I have changed”: Service-Learning’s Potential for Transformation Donna Eder Chapter 5: Learning from Failure: Service as a Tool for Teaching the Value of Failure Ellen Szarleta Chapter 6: Service-Learning in Dental Hygiene Education Nancy Mann Chapter 7: Service-Learning in the Professional Writing Classroom: Marilyn Cooper’s “Ecology of Writing” in action Tanya Perkins Chapter 8: CSD Students and Service-Learning: A literacy experience Pam Britton Reese Chapter 9: Document Dumpster-diving: Students learn and teach aboutlocal museums Jeremiah Clabough & Thomas N. Turner Chapter 10: 2012 Election Experiential Program Robert A. Waterson & Mary Haas Chapter 11: Carefully Reading the Texts We Assign: The Case for Service-Learning Instructors to Engage in Service Nicole D. Schonemann Section III: Reflecting on Diversity Chapter 12: First-Hand Interactions with English Language Learners: Win-win Learning Opportunities for All Hao Sun Chapter 13: Utilizing Service-Learning to Confront Crime: Victimization among Refugees and other Non-English speaking Populations Jospeter Mbuba Chapter 14: Expanding Multicultural Understanding through Service-Learning: A Case Study Sheena Choi and M. Gail Hickey Chapter 15: Speak Out, Reach Out: Infusing Multiculturalism and Social Justice from College to Community Jeneice L. A. Shaw, Brittany J. Shannon, Hannah Greenbaum, and Jennifer M. Taylor Chapter 16: Service-Learning for Students in Transition Sarah Jones

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M. Gail Hickey has gathered together a valuable resource in Reflecting on Service-Learning in Higher Education. The chapters provide a vast collection of best practices and important principles to consider when engaging students in academic service-learning...Reflecting on Service-Learning in Higher Education is a resource that will be appreciated by high school and university faculty and administrators. The questions raised and the suggestions shared will be useful for any institution looking to begin or strengthen their commitment to service-learning in higher education. Institutions, faculty, students, and the communities with which they partner will all benefit from M. Gail Hickey's invitation to reflect. Reflective Teaching Reflecting on Service-Learning in Higher Education is a readable edited collection that reflects on the state of academia and society in a compelling and proactive discussion. This book is social, constructivist, and critical while providing next step suggestions for teachers as well as community leaders. A new paradigm is upon us. -- Steven J. Madden, Coastal Carolina University Hickey offers a valuable addition to the service-learning literature. Drawing on an array of disciplines, this edited collection serves to connect illustrative examples with service-learning concepts. Notably, it incorporates recent as well as foundational service-learning literature. This book will be particularly useful to those with an interest in immigrant populations. I recommend this book as a resource for readers looking to expand their service-learning 'toolbox.' -- Meryl Nadel, Iona College This wide-ranging collection grounds scholar-practitioners in universal, best-practice approaches to service-learning and engages in disciplinary stances that demonstrate the myriad ways in which we can do this sort of work across contexts. -- Jessica Restaino, Montclair State University


Reflecting on Service-Learning in Higher Education is a readable edited collection that reflects on the state of academia and society in a compelling and proactive discussion. This book is social, constructivist, and critical while providing next step suggestions for teachers as well as community leaders. A new paradigm is upon us. -- Steven J. Madden, Coastal Carolina University Hickey offers a valuable addition to the service-learning literature. Drawing on an array of disciplines, this edited collection serves to connect illustrative examples with service-learning concepts. Notably, it incorporates recent as well as foundational service-learning literature. This book will be particularly useful to those with an interest in immigrant populations. I recommend this book as a resource for readers looking to expand their service-learning 'toolbox.' -- Meryl Nadel, Iona College This wide-ranging collection grounds scholar-practitioners in universal, best-practice approaches to service-learning and engages in disciplinary stances that demonstrate the myriad ways in which we can do this sort of work across contexts. -- Jessica Restaino, Montclair State University


Reflecting on Service-Learning in Higher Education is a readable edited collection that reflects on the state of academia and society in a compelling and proactive discussion. This book is social, constructivist, and critical while providing next step suggestions for teachers as well as community leaders. A new paradigm is upon us. -- Steven J. Madden, Coastal Carolina University


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M. Gail Hickey is professor of education and director of the scholarship of service-learning at Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne.

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