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March 29, 2017
Service-Learning and Learning Communities: Tools for Integration and Assessment
- Author
- Oates, Karen Kashmanian and Lynn Hertrick Leavitt
- Publisher
- Association of American Colleges and Universities, Washington, D.C.
- ISBN
- 091169692X
- Table of Contents
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Preface and Acknowledgments
ch. 1 Service-Learning in Learning Communities
ch. 2 Service-Learning and Civic Engagement
ch. 3 Service-Learning Basics
ch. 4 Assessment of Service-Learning
ch. 5 Portfolio Development
ch. 6 Portfolio Evaluation
ch. 7 Utilizing Case Studies to Link Theory to the Service-Learning Experience
ch. 8 Establishing and Maintaining Community Service-Learning Partners
ch. 9 Risk Management
ch. 10 What Works: Lessons Learned the hard Way
ch. 11 Leading Change on Campus
Appendix: Sample norms
1. Risk Assessment and Release
2. Partners Application
3. Letter of Understanding
4. Supervisor's Evaluation of Service Learner
5. Student Evaluation of Service-Learning
6. Service-Learning Faculty evaluation
7. Service-Learning Partners Agreement
Works Cited
About the Authors
"This publication attempts to provide fundamental theory about service-learning and learning communities, along with descriptions of best practices, lessons learned, and assessment strategies. The text is designed to provide resources to help readers offer service-learning experiences for their students. Learning communities are now commonly structured into colleges and universities across the United States, and research suggests that they increase student engagement and persistence. Coupling learning communities and service learning provides contexts for learning and deepens students' learning experiences, but it requires adjustments to the organization, management, and planning of activities for the course."