Service-Learning: Theory and Practice

By Rani Gul and Iqbal Ahmad

This book examines key concepts, principles, and applications of the service-learning approach. Service-learning is a community-based educational approach to improve a student's academic, personal, leadership, civic, and professional development through civic engagement. Unlike other traditional approaches to education, service-learning students can use their classroom-based knowledge and skills in a real-life context in collaboration with community organisations and residents.

This volume explores the theory, research, and practices of how service-learning is understood, implemented, and evaluated in different contexts. It provides essential guidelines to implement and integrate service-learning at educational institutions through extensive discussions on the principles, philosophical challenges, opportunities, and its applications. Key themes include:

- Theory of service-learning

- Concept of service-learning

- Challenges to service-learning

- Applications of service-learning

- Service-learning as professional development

- Service-learning as communication

Accessibly written, this book would be of interest to faculty, students, community organisations, and researchers working in the areas of education, pedagogy, sociology, and social work.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032495731
• ISBN13: 9781032495736
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Routledge India
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"