Community Service-Learning: A Guide to Including Service in the Public School Curriculum

Book Overview

Presents a comprehensive resource for those interested in youth involvement in community service as part of the public school curriculum.

Service-learning, the integration of community service with academic course work, is a promising strategy for enhancing learning and developing active democratic citizens. This book responds to the many recent calls for youth involvement in service as part of the public school curriculum. While service-learning holds many benefits for students, teachers, and communities, there are also many challenges to effectively incorporatie it into the curriculum.

Each of the book's four parts provides a different scope and purpose. Part 1 addresses the components of quality service- learning programs; Part 2 introduces diverse models of service-learning programs at the elementary, middle, and high school levels; Part 3 allows students, agency members, and administrators to tell their own stories of service-learning involvement, to discuss issues with other individuals who share their roles, and to offer recommendations for effective action; and Part 4 asks readers to consider the future of service-learning in public schooling.

Community Service-Learning is a comprehensive resource that will be valuable for all those involved with K-12 service-learning programs: administrators, classroom teachers, students, program coordinators, and university teacher education programs.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791431843
• ISBN13: 9780791431849
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Great Resource

This guide is a great resource for those in the educational, community or youth-leadership development industry. It offers practical solutions and real-case scenarios to integrating service-learning into the academic curriculum. This is a must have.