International Case Studies in Service Learning
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International Case Studies in Service Learning contributes a deeper insight into the multifaceted nature of the subject and its associated perplexities. Featuring authors that have adopted a holistic approach, capturing various interventions and approaches and moving to discover the most accurate path towards gaining a complete picture of how service-learning impacts students, the chapters investigate the issue specifically through an emphasis on problem solving, experiential learning and community engagement.
Shedding light on how successfully service learning has been adopted to the existing curriculum and the emergence of a new breed of students, who are aligned with the needs of the community and undertake collaborative work to solve real world issues, International Case Studies in Service Learning is invaluable to both researchers, teachers and scholars.
PART I: INTEGRATING SERVICE LEARNING INTO CURRICULUM
- Introduction to International Case Studies in Service Learning; Enakshi Sengupta and Patrick Blessinger
- Chapter 1. Case Studies of Community-Based Service Learning in Honours Psychology at Rhodes University, South Africa; Jacqueline Akhurst, Lindy Wilbraham, Lisa Saville Young, and Benita Bobo
- Chapter 2. Food Systems as a Civic Lens to Design Critical Service Learning; Julia L. Angstmann and Francesca A. Williamson
- Chapter 3. Benefits of Service Learning for Student Participants and Older Adult Recipients; Krista M. C. Cline and Catherine Bain
- Chapter 4. Service Learning Expereinces in Spanish Universities; María R. Belando-Montoro, María Aranzazu Carrasco Temiño, and María Naranjo Crespo
- Chapter 5. The Changing Face of Community Engagement in a Time of Crisis - Insights into an Undergraduate Service-Learning Course; Martina Jordaan and Nita Mennega
- Chapter 6. Service Learning as an Approach to teaching Small Business Management; Thomas Behrends and Larissa Binder
- PART II: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
- Chapter 7. ‘Spreading our wings’ towards collaborative service-learning: a South African case study; Hanlie Dippenaar, Candice Livingston, Joanne Arendse, Pieter Boer, Kobie Meiring, and Valencia Cloete
- Chapter 8. Nursing Students and the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation; Julia Mattingly
- Chapter 9. A University’s Community Engagement Ethos:Understanding the Capacity for Democratic Community Engagement; Mary Sweatman and Alan Warner
At a time of increased local, national, and global challenges and rapid changes, this book is timely in promoting the role of service-learning in authentically and actively engaging universities with their communities. This book showcases how service-learning can maximize student engagement and community service scholarship. The various international narratives emphasized in this book assert service-learning as an essential pedagogical avenue to support reciprocity for all stakeholders and sustain partnerships.
Enakshi Sengupta serves as the Chair – Business Department and Director Centre for Teaching and Learning, American University of Afghanistan.
Patrick Blessinger is adjunct associate professor of education at St. John's University, USA. He is also the chief research scientist of the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association.