Learning with the Community

Learning with the Community
Author: Joseph Arthur Erickson
Publisher: Stylus Publishing, LLC.
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1997
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1563770113

This monograph is an attempt to bring together the best recent work in the field to assist teacher educators in developing successful service-learning in their programs and to promote policies and procedures that will foster successful service-learning activities at the local, state, and national levels. Part 1: "Theory, Research, and Foundational Issues" includes chapters entitled "Service-Learning: An Essential Process for Preparing Teachers as Transformational Leaders in the Reform of Public Education" (Carol Myers and Terry Pickeral); "School-Based Service: A Review of Research for Teacher Educators" (Susan C. Root); "Service-Learning and Evaluation: An Inseparable Process" (Robert Shumer); "Service-Learning Professional Development for Experienced Teachers" (Don Hill and Denise Clark Pope); and "Teacher Education and Service-Learning: A Critical Perspective" (Robert Shumer). Part 2: "Diverse Perspectives of Service-Learning and Teacher Education" includes chapters entitled: "Introduction to Part 2" (Joseph A. Erickson); "Working with Preservice Teachers to Improve Service-Learning: A Master Teacher's Perspective" (Christine Hunstiger Keithahn); "A Recent Teacher Education Graduate's View of Service-Learning" (Theresa J. H. Magelssen); "A K-12 Administrator's Perspective" (Mary J. Syfax Noble); "A Service Recipient's Perspective" (Janet Salo, with Susan O'Connor); "Collaborating with the Community: A Campus-Based Teacher Educator's Story" (Rahima C. Wade) and "Turtle Island Project: Service-Learning in Native Communities" (John Guffey). Part 3: "Models for the Integration of Service-Learning and Teacher Education" includes chapters entitled: "Introduction to Part 3" (Jeffrey B. Anderson); "James Madison University" (Diane Fuqua); "Kentucky State University" (Carole A. Cobb); "Clark Atlanta University" (William H. Denton); "Valparaiso University" (Jose Arredondo); "Alverno College" (Julie A. Stoffels); "Gustavus Adolphus College" (Carolyn O'Grady); "Washington State University" (Gerald H. Maring); "California State University-San Marcos" (Joseph F. Keating); "Mankato State University" (Darrol Bussler); "Clemson University" (Carol Weatherford, Marty Duckenfield, and Janet Wright); "Augsburg College" (Vicki L. Olson and Susan O'Connor); "University of Iowa" (Rahima Wade); Ryan); "Seattle University" (Jeffrey B. Anderson); "Providence College" (Jane Callahan and Lynne Ryan). (Contains seven figures, an annotated bibliography, and an appendix, which includes a list of service-learning resources and contributors.) (LH)

Connections

Connections
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 160
Release: 1993
Genre: English language
ISBN: 9780732917470