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Where's the Learning in Service-Learning?

by Janet Eyler ; Dwight Giles

ISBN: 0787944831
ISBN-13: 9780787944834
Format: Hardcover

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"It is hard to overstate the importance of this book to the field. The research presented here should contribute significantly to those responsible for improving program effectiveness or advocating for this kind of pedagogy. The careful research and thoughtful commentary provide a wealth of insights about service-learning and how best to do it." —Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning

Bibliographic Details

Publisher: Jossey-Bass Inc Pub
Published date: 1999
Edition: 1th edition
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.3 pounds
Pages: 315

Publisher's Notes

Are students really learning from service-learning programs? Until now, that question has gone unanswered in a field where the rush to practice has left serious gaps in the knowledge base. To find the answer, Professors Janet Eyter and Dwight Giles interviewed more than 1,500 students at more than 20 colleges and universities. Their research provides a rich source of data on the effect of service learning on students' personal, social, and cognitive growth; the types of programs that yield the richest learning; and the practical strategies educators can use to design institutionalized service-learning programs on their campuses. According to the authors' findings, service-learning programs that work tend to be continuous, connected, contextualized, and challenging. Eyler and Giles show practitioners, scholars, and policy makers how to put these four Cs into practice and address the major concerns of higher education professionals about the importance of service-learning programs to their academic mission.

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