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Scholarship March 29, 2017

Service-Learning in Theory and Practice: The Future of Community Engagement in Higher Education

The Wabash Center

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Author
Butin, Dan W.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan, New York
ISBN
9780230622500
Book Review Link
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/teth.12034/abstract
Table of Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Foreword
Preface

Part I Defining and Disturbing Service-Learning in Higher Education
ch. 1 Conceptualizing Service-Learning
ch. 2 The Limits of Service-Learning
ch. 3 The Possibilities of Service-Learning

Part II Institutionalizing Service-Learning in Higher Education
ch. 4 Disciplining Service-Learning
ch. 5 Majoring in Service-Learning?
ch. 6 The Futures of Service-Learning?

Part III Embracing a Scholarship of Engagement in Higher Education
ch. 7 Toward a Theory and Practice of Community Engagement
ch. 8 Living With(in) The Future: Higher Education Trends and Implications for Service-Learning

References
Index
This book offers a comprehensive rethinking of the theory and practice of service-learning in higher education. Democratic and community engagement are vital aspects of linking colleges and communities, and this book critically engages the best practices and powerful alternative models in the academy. Drawing on key theoretical insights and empirical studies, Butin details the limits and possibilities of the future of community engagement in developing and sustaining the engaged campus. (From the Publisher)