Learning through serving : a student guidebook for service-learning and civic engagement across Academic Disciplines and Cultural Communities / Christine M. Cress, Peter J. Collins, Vicki L Reitenauer and associates.

Author: Cress, Christine M. (Christine Marie)

Edition Statement:2nd edition.

Imprint:Sterling, VA : Stylus Publishing, c2013.

Descriptionxx, 220 p. ; 28 cm.

Note:Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE UNDERSTANDING THE LEARNING-THROUGH-SERVING PROPOSITION -- 1.What are Service-Learning and Civic Engagement? / Christine M. Cress -- What are Service-Learning and Civic Engagement? -- How Is Service-Learning Different from Other Courses? -- Why Is Service-Learning Required at Some Colleges? -- What Is a Citizen and Why Must I Learn to Be One? -- The Role of Education in a Democracy -- Developing Civic Capacity: Charity versus Solidarity -- How Is Civic Capacity Developed in Service-Learning Courses? -- What Else Will I Gain from a Service-Learning Course? -- What We All Gain -- 2.Building and Maintaining Community Partnerships / Peter J. Collier -- Orienting the Self toward Serving and Learning -- Community Partnerships -- Community-Based Learning Environments -- Am I Ready for This Challenge? Is My Community Partner Ready for Me? -- What's This Place? What's My Place? -- Assets, Interests, and Needs -- What Now?--Navigating Breakdowns -- Developing an Action Learning Plan for Serving (aLps) -- Conclusion -- 3.Becoming Community Moving from I to We / Vicki L. Reitenauer -- Putting "Community" into a Community-Based Learning Course: A Case Study -- Identifying Group Action for the Common Good -- Moving from I to We -- Learning through the Service Project -- Conflict within the Community -- Getting to We -- Helping, Fixing, or Serving? -- Reflecting on Individual and Group Change -- pt. TWO LEARNING THE LANDSCAPE, LEARNING THE LANGUAGE -- 4.Groups are Fun, Groups are not Fun Teamwork for the Common Good / Janelle DeCarrico Voegele -- "Good Groups"/"Bad Groups" -- The Development of a Group: Getting Started ... and Beyond -- Who's Doing What?: Group Norms and Group Roles -- Group Cohesion -- Communication in Groups -- Free-Riders and Other Equity Issues -- Why Did He Do That?: Attribution and Communication -- Attribution Biases -- Impact of Attribution/Misattribution in Service-Learning Projects -- Attribution and the Mudslingers and Visionary Skeptics -- Cross-Cultural Differences in Attribution -- How Might Cultural Group Differences Increase Unintentional Misattribution? -- Groups Revisited -- Recommended Readings -- 5.Creating Cultural Connections Navigating Difference, Investigating Power, Unpacking Privilege / Janet Bennett -- What's Culture Got to Do with It? -- Building Intercultural Sensitivity -- A Step Further: Investigating Power and Unpacking Privilege -- What We See Depends on Where We Stand -- Conclusion -- pt. THREE FACILITATING LEARNING AND MEANING-MAKING INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM -- 6.Reflection in Action The Learning-Doing Relationship / Dilafruz R. Williams -- Why Reflect? -- Connecting Reflection to Service-Learning -- Models of Reflection -- Deep Reflection -- The Deal Model of Critical Reflection -- Modes of Reflection -- Why Reflect? Revisited -- 7.Mentoring Relationship Building for Empowerment / Peter J. Collier -- Mentoring -- The Johari Window -- Facilitating Self-Awareness -- The New Johari Window: How Mentoring and Reflection Promote Mentee Success -- Don't Forget the Next Step -- Summary -- Recommended Readings -- 8.Leadership and Service-Learning Leveraging Change / Peter J. Collier -- Models of Leadership -- New Perspectives on Leadership -- Bringing Out the Best in Others -- Leadership in Intercultural Contexts -- The Leadership Tool Kit -- Service-Learning Leadership for Leveraging Change -- Recommended Readings -- 9.Failure with the Best of Intentions When Things Go Wrong / Devorah Lieberman -- Roadblocks and Flat Tires: A Case Study -- Choosing Directions: The Meaning of "Failure" in Service-Learning -- Checking the Map: Common Roadblocks -- Reading the Signs: Redirecting around Roadblocks -- The View from Yesterday: Making Meaning at the End(?) of the Road -- 10.Expanding Horizons New Views of Course Concepts / Judy Patton -- Transformational Learning -- Ways of Knowing -- Critical Inquiry -- Academic Disciplines as Critical Inquiry -- Community Partners as Sources of Expertise -- Conscious Living -- Summary -- pt. FOUR ASSESSING THE ENGAGEMENT EFFORT -- 11.Beyond a Grade Are We Making a Difference?: The Benefits and Challenges of Evaluating Learning and Serving / Christine M. Cress -- Did We Make a Difference? -- What Do We Mean by "Evaluation"? -- Challenges to Evaluation -- A Strategy for Evaluating Service-Learning -- Understanding Your Own Experiences -- Methods for Evaluating Learning Environments -- Measuring Benefits to Community -- Other Important Issues in Evaluation -- 12.Global and Immersive Service-Learning What You Need to Know as You Go / Chithra Edwin -- Preparation: Pre-Departure -- Praxis: Learning through Serving -- Performance: Making a Difference and Becoming Different -- 13.Start Anywhere, Follow It Everywhere Agents of Change / Vicki L. Reitenauer -- Start Anywhere -- And Follow It Everywhere -- Making Change -- And Each Day You Mean One More -- 14.Looking Back, Looking Forward Where Do You Go from Here? / Vicki L. Reitenauer.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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