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Title From passion to objectivity : international and cross-disciplinary perspectives on service-learning research / edited by Sherril B. Gelmon and Shelley H. Billig
Published Charlotte, N.C. : IAP/Information Age Pub., ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 262 pages) : illustrations
Series Advances in service-learning research
Advances in service-learning research.
Contents Introduction / Sherril B. Gelmon, Shelley H. Billig -- International and cross-cultural perspectives. Context and culture : models of engagement around the world / Margo Fryer [and others] -- Apples, oranges, and kumys : multiple methods, matrices, and models for research on students doing intercultural service learning / Martha Merrill, Margaret D. Pusch -- Eastern perspective on western education : the experiences of international students engaged in service learning / Margaret W. Sallee, Susan C. Harris -- Enhancing student learning. Jumpstart's service learning initiative : enhanced outcomes for at risk children / Dean Elson, Lauren Johns, Jessica Taisey Petrie -- Evaluating the impact of peer to peer service learning projects on seat belt use among high school students : pilot study / Richard Bradley [and others] -- Service learning as a transformative experience : an analysis of the impact of service learning on student attitudes and behavior after two years of college / Matthew Bernacki, Frank Bernt -- Service learning and literacy motivation : setting a research agenda / Steven Hart -- Engaging communities in learning and institutional change. Enriching school connection and learning in African American urban youth : the impact of a service learning feasibility project in inner city Philadelphia / Nicole Webster -- Community engagement's role in creating institutional change within the academy : a case study of east Tampa and the University of South Florida / Robin L. Ersing [and others] -- Experiences of service learning in teacher education. Reversing the lens : transforming teacher education through service learning / Margaret Vickers -- Making mythical creatures real : developing an awareness of adolescent needs through service learning / Angela M. Harwood, Lauren G. McClanahan, Trula Nicholas -- Building understanding of engaged scholarship. Engaged scholarship : current context and future directions ; International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement / Sherril B. Gelmon
Summary "This volume is the seventh in the Advances in Service-Learning Research series, and presents a collection of papers selected from those presented at the Sixth International Service-learning Research, hosted by Portland State University in Portland, Oregon in October 2006"--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Service learning -- Congresses
Student volunteers in social service -- Congresses
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Volunteer Work.
Student volunteers in social service
Service learning
Aufsatzsammlung
Pädagogik
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
Author Gelmon, Sherril B., 1955-
Billig, Shelley
International Service-Learning Research Conference (6th : 2006 : Portland, Or.)
LC no. 2007033623
ISBN 9781607526582
1607526581
1281413003
9781281413000
9786611413002
6611413006
Other Titles Service-learning