{"product_id":"service-learning-essentials-isbn-9781118627945","title":"Service-Learning Essentials","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eService-Learning Essentials\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e resource you need to help you develop high-quality service-learning experiences for college students. Written by one of the field's leading experts and sponsored by Campus Compact, the book is the definitive work on this high-impact educational practice. Service-learning has been identified by the Association of American Colleges and Universities as having been widely tested and shown to be beneficial to college students from a wide variety of backgrounds.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrganized in an accessible question-and-answer format, the book responds clearly and completely to the most common questions and concerns about service-learning. Each chapter addresses issues related to individual practice as well as to the collective work of starting and developing a service-learning center or program, with examples drawn from a variety of disciplines, situations, and institutional types. The questions range from basic to advanced and the answers cover both the fundamentals and complexities of service-learning. Topics include:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDetermining what service-learning opportunities institutions should offer\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow to engage students in critical reflection in academic courses and in cocurricular experiences\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBest practices for developing and sustaining mutually beneficial campus-community partnerships\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntegrating service-learning into the curriculum in all disciplines and at all levels, as well as various areas of student life outside the classroom\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAssessing service-learning programs and outcomes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe dilemmas of service-learning in the context of power and privilege\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe future of service-learning in online and rapidly globalizing environments\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eService-learning has virtually limitless potential to enable colleges and universities to meet their goals for student learning while making unique contributions to addressing unmet local, national, and global needs. However, in order to realize these benefits, service-learning must be thoughtfully designed and carefully implemented. This easy-to-use volume contains everything faculty, leaders, and staff members need to know about service-learning to enhance communities, improve higher education institutions, and educate the next generation of citizens, scholars, and leaders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFigures and Exhibits ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDedication x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xxii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author xxiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout Campus Compact xxvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1: Introduction to Service-Learning 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 What is service-learning? 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 What are the theoretical foundations of service-learning? 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 What else can we call service-learning if that term does not work for us? 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 What are the benefits of service-learning? 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 What is the history of service-learning? 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6 How widespread is service-learning? 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7 What should an institution offer in the way of service-learning? 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.8 How does service-learning vary by institutional type? 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2: Understanding and Facilitating Critical Reflection 26\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 What is critical reflection? 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 What are the forms of reflection? 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 What are the steps in designing and implementing critical reflection? 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 How can critical reflection empower students to move beyond direct service to other forms of civic and political engagement? 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 How can I make reflection work in my discipline? 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 How does reflection work in cocurricular service-learning, especially one-time or short-term experiences? 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3: Developing and Sustaining Campus-Community Partnerships for Service-Learning 51\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 What are the definition and basic principles of campus-community partnerships for service-learning? 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 What are the different types of service-learning partnerships? 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 What are the steps to developing a service-learning partnership? 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 What are the logistical issues involved in service-learning partnerships? 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 What are the best practices for developing and sustaining partnerships? 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 What infrastructure should an institution have in place for developing and sustaining campus-community partnerships? 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7 Should campus-community partnerships include corporate partners? How? 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.8 What are the key issues for international partnerships for service-learning? 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.9 How can small-scale partnerships for service-learning lead to broader and deeper institutional engagement? 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4: Integrating Service-Learning into the Curriculum 80\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 When is service-learning the right pedagogy for a course? 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 How does service-learning work in my discipline? 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Is service-learning academically rigorous? 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 What are the different models for integrating service-learning into the curriculum? 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 How do I start developing a service-learning course? 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 How should I assess and grade service-learning? 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7 What are the unique elements of a service-learning syllabus? 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.8 What are the logistical issues involved in teaching a service-learning course? 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.9 How does service-learning work in an online or blended course? 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.10 Should service-learning courses be formally designated? 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.11 What does it take to motivate and support faculty to practice service-learning? 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.12 How can service-learning be valued in the faculty review, promotion, and tenure process? 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.13 How can service-learning lead to the broad and deep engagement of an entire academic department? 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5: Designing and Implementing Cocurricular Service-Learning 122\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 What is cocurricular service-learning? 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 What is the relationship between service-learning and student development? 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 What are the different forms of cocurricular service-learning? 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 How can service-learning be incorporated into the various areas of student life? 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 What is the relationship between service-learning and leadership education? 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6 What are the steps in developing cocurricular service-learning experiences? 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7 How can assessment of student learning be done in cocurricular service-learning? 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.8 How can service-learning educators support student-initiated and -led service-learning? 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6: Assessment of Service-Learning 154\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 What does service-learning assessment entail? 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 What are the possible methods for assessing service-learning? 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 What issues should we consider in choosing assessment methods? 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 What should assessment of service-learning student participants comprise? 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 How should service-learning be assessed from the community perspective? 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.6 How should service-learning partnerships be assessed? 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.7 What should faculty assessment consist of in regard to service-learning? 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.8 What assessment should be done at the institutional level? 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.9 What are the challenges of service-learning assessment? How can we address them? 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7: Administration of Service-Learning 183\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 How do we start with service-learning? 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 What are the components of a center for service-learning? 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 What staffing is required for a service-learning center? 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Where should service-learning be organizationally located? 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Besides a service-learning center, what other elements of institutional infrastructure are necessary to support service-learning? 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6 How should the service-learning center be funded? 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.7 How can we demonstrate the value of service-learning? 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.8 What are the logistical considerations that service-learning requires? 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.9 What liability and risk-management issues do we need to address? 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.10 What administrative issues are involved in international service-learning? 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.11 How should we recognize outstanding work in service-learning? 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8: Facing the Complexities and Dilemmas of Service-Learning 225\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 How can service-learning be accessible and appropriate for all students? 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Should service-learning be required for graduation? 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 How should we deal with resistant students? 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 How can participation in service-learning enhance students’ understanding and appreciation of differences in race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status? Of power and privilege? Of systemic oppression? 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 What is critical service-learning? Why does it matter? 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.6 What is the relationship of service-learning to politics? 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7 Should service-learning be institutionalized? 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.8 Can campus-community partnerships really be reciprocal relationships among equals? 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.9 Should the focus of service-learning be local or global? 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9: Securing the Future of Service-Learning in Higher Education 253\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 What assessment and research are needed to validate service-learning as a pedagogy and practice? 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 How can institutionalizing service-learning secure its future? 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 What can we do to more fully recognize service-learning, community-based research, and engaged scholarship in the faculty reward system? 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 What can we learn from international models of service-learning? 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 What are the service-learning partnerships of the future? 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6 How can we help students develop a global perspective through local service-learning? 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.7 What is the role of service-learning in responding to domestic and international humanitarian crises? 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.8 What is the future of service-learning in the online environment? 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.9 How can service-learning strengthen higher education’s engagement in K–12 schools? 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.10 What is the relationship of the future of service-learning to social entrepreneurship? 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 288\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 305\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara Jacoby\u003c\/b\u003e is faculty associate for Leadership \u0026amp; Community Service-Learning and affiliate associate professor at the University of Maryland, College Park.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePraise for\u003c\/i\u003e SERVICE-LEARNING ESSENTIALS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"With \u003ci\u003eService-Learning Essentials\u003c\/i\u003e, we finally have a book that can serve as a one-stop resource for all of us in higher education—faculty, student affairs professionals, administrators, students—who seek to understand, implement, improve, or critique the practice and promise of service-learning. And with Barbara Jacoby, we have someone uniquely capable of delivering such a rich and timely resource.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Rick Battistoni,\u003c\/b\u003e director, Feinstein Institute for Public Service, and Providence College 2013 Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award recipient\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eService Learning Essentials: Questions, Answers, and Lessons Learned\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential work that will assist administrators, faculty, students, and community members in meeting the ever-growing need to bridge higher education with community. Finally, this is a work that connects theory to practice with implementation that is effective, accessible, and measureable. This is a must for every institution and individual who understands the importance of impactful service-learning.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Devorah A. Lieberman,\u003c\/b\u003e president, University of La Verne\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Service-learning, designed as part of academic credit-bearing courses, continues to out-trump all other high impact practices in its comprehensive spectrum of positive outcomes for students. Barbara Jacoby's book explains why, and more importantly, draws on her deep expertise to advise readers how to maintain service-learning's high octane performance.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Caryn McTighe Musil,\u003c\/b\u003e senior scholar and director of civic learning and democracy initiatives, Association of American Colleges and Universities\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eService-Learning Essentials: Questions, Answers, and Lessons Learned\u003c\/i\u003e emphasizes the important contributions of cocurricular experiences in service-learning and is an essential read for all student affairs educators.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Kevin Kruger,\u003c\/b\u003e president, NASPA—Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990011166949,"sku":"NP9781118627945","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118627945.jpg?v=1761786197","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/service-learning-essentials-isbn-9781118627945","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}