Service-learning
Subtitle: a movement's pioneers reflect on its origins, practice, and future
By: Timothy K. Stanton, Dwight E. Giles Jr., Nadinne I. Cruz ; foreword by Goodwin Liu.
Contributors: Giles, Dwight.; Cruz, Nadinne I., 1948-
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publishers
Published: 1999
Place of publication: San Francisco, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
Subjects: Student service -- United States -- History; Education, Higher -- Social aspects -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-264) and index.
Table of contents: title: Helping a "new" field discover its history; title: Early connections between service and education /Seth S. Pollack; title: Seeds of commitment : personal accounts of the pioneers; title: First professional steps : a journey into uncharted territory; title: Which side were they on? The pioneers target higher education; title: Strategy and practice : empowering students to serve communities; title: Strategy and practice : empowering communities through student service; title: Mainstream or margins? The dilemma of institutionalization; title: Helps, hindrances, and accomplishments: reflections on the pioneer experience; title: Passing the torch: advice to today's practitioners and students.