Reflecting on Service-Learning in Higher Education

Contemporary Issues and Perspectives

Contributions by Sheena Choi, Jeremiah Clabough, Donna Eder, Hannah Greenbaum, Mary E. Haas, M. Gail Hickey, Sarah Jones, Nancy Mann, Jospeter M. Mbuba, Joe D. Nichols, Tanya Perkins, Pam Britton Reese, Nicole D. Schönemann, Brittany J. Shannon, Jeneice L.A. Shaw, Sherrie M. Steiner, Hao Sun, Ellen Szarleta, Jennifer M. Taylor, Thomas N. Turner, Robert A. Waterson Edited by M. Gail Hickey

Publication date:

12 May 2016

Length of book:

230 pages

Publisher

Lexington Books

Dimensions:

238x161mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781498523707

Reflecting on Service-Learning in Higher Education: Contemporary Issues and Perspectives examines forms of pedagogy such as service-learning, experiential learning, and problem-based learning in order to determine how students make connections between and among abstract academic concepts and real-life issues. This edited collection is divided into three sections—“Reflecting on Community Partnerships,” “Reflecting on Classroom Practice,” and “Reflecting on Diversity”—so as to represent interdisciplinary subjects, diverse student populations, and differing instructional perspectives about service-learning in higher education. Contributors provide service-learning programs and plans that can be replicated or adapted at other institutions of higher education. This book is recommended for scholars and practitioners of education.

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

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.