Courses | Online Resources | Articles/Journals | Books

(Most available on campus via Patsy Pierce, Lori Brown, Alyson Colwell-Waber or Winter Brown)

On-Line Resources and Sites

American Association for Higher Education. http://www.aahe.org

Association for Experiential Education. http://www.princeton.edu/~curtis/aee.html

The big dummy’s guide to service learning: 27 simple answers to good questions. http://www.fiu.edu/~time4chg/Library/bigdummy.html

Colorado Service-Learning Home Page. http://csf.Colorado.EDU/sl/

Colorado Service-Learning Listserv. http://csf.Colorado.edu/mail/service-learning/

Do Something. http://www.dosomething.org Do Something is a national nonprofit organization that inspires young people to believe that change is possible, and trains, funds and mobilizes them to be leaders who measurably strengthen their communities. In partnership with the Pew Charitable Trusts, Do Something is launching a national campaign to connect young people with civic organizations to strengthen America’s communities for the 21st century.

Energize. http://www.energizeinc.com:80/ener/ener.html. Energize is an international training, consulting, and publishing firm specializing in volunteerism. If these words are in your vocabulary- community service, membership development, auxiliary, community organizing, service-learning, lay ministry, pro bono work, supporter, friends group, political activist, service club – they can help.

The Greenleaf Center for Service-Learning. http://www.greenlearf.org

Kenan Institute of Ethics. http://kenan.ethics.duke.edu/service_learning

National Campus Compact. http://www.compact.org

National Commission on Civic Renewal. http://www.puaf.umd.edu/civicrenewal/describe.html

National Service-Learning Clearinghouse. http://www.servicelearning.org

National Society for Experiential Education. http://www.nsee.org

Service Learning Clearinghouse Project. http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/slc/

Articles and Journals
Astin, A., Vogelesan, L., Ikeda, E., & Yee, J. (2000). How service learning affects students: Executive summary. Los Angeles: Higher Education Research Institute, University of California. (310) 825-1925.

Bradley, R. (1997). Evaluating service-learning: Toward a new paradigm. In Waterman, A. ed. Service-Learning: Applications from the research. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, pp. 151-171.

Buchanan, A., Baldwin, S., Rudisill, M. (November 2002). Service learning as scholarship in teacher education. Educational Researcher, 30-36. http://www.aera.net/pubs/er/pdf/vol31_08/AERA310809.pdf

Cuoto, R. Assessing a community setting as a context for learning. National Society for Internships and Experiential Education, pp. 251-256.

Education and urban society, special issue on “Learning by serving and doing.” Vol 28, No 2, Feb. 1996.

Equity and excellence, Vol. 26, No. 2, 1993.

Eyler, J. & Giles, D. (1997). The importance of program quality in service-learning. In Waterman, A. ed. Service-learning: Applications from research. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, pp. 57-76.

Furco, A. (1996). Service-learning: A balanced approach to experiential education. In Introduction to Service-Learning Toolkit, pp 9-13. Campus Compact.

Green, M. & Purser, L. (2000). Changing expectations: Serving students and society. The faculty of the future: A trans-Atlantic dialogue, pp. 5-8. Washington D.C.: American Council on Education.

Hedin, D. & Conrad, D. (1990). Service: A pathway to knowledge. In Kendall, J. and associates, eds. Combining service and learning: A resource book for community and public service, Vol. I. Raleigh, NC: National Society for Experiential Education, pp. 245-256.

Howard, J. (1998). Academic service learning: A counter-normative pedagogy. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 73, pp. 21-25.

Howard, J. (1993). Community service learning in the curriculum. In Introduction to Service-Learning Toolkit, pp 217-220. Campus Compact

Jacoby, B. (1996). Securing the future of service-learning in higher education: A mandate for action. In Jacoby, B. ed. Service-learning in higher education: Concepts and practices. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, pp. 317-335.

Journal of cooperative education. Vol. 27, No. 2, 1991.

Journal of experiential education, special issue on “Service learning.” Vol. 21, No. 3, 1998.

Kahne, J. & Westheimer, J. In the service of what? The politics of service learning. In Claus, J. & Ogden, C., eds. Service learning for youth empowerment and social change. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, pp. 25-39.

Kendall, J. and associates (1990). Combining service and learning: A resource book for community and public service, Vol I, II, III. Raleigh, NC: National Society for Experiential Education.

Kendall, J. (1990). Principles of good practice in combining service and learning. In Kendall, J. and associates, eds. Combining service and learning: A resource book for community and public service, Vol. I. Raleigh, NC: National Society for Experiential Education.

Kezar, A., & Rhodes, R. (2001). The dynamic tensions of service learning in higher education: A philosophical perspective. The Journal of

Higher Education, 72(2), 148-171.

McEwen, M. (1996). Enhancing student learning and development through service-learning. In Jacoby, V., ed. Service-learning in higher education: Concepts and practices. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, pp. 53-91.

Morris, M. (1990). Educating citizens for a multicultural society. In Public leadership education: Skills for democratic citizenship, pp. 21-27. The Kettering Foundation.

Putnam, R. (1994). Bowling Alone. The Journal of Democracy, 6. http://www.press.jhu.edu/demo/journal_of_democracy/v006/putnam.html

O’Neil, E. (1990). The liberal tradition of civic education. In Kendall, J. and associates, eds. Combining service and learning: A resource book for community and public service, Vol. I. Raleigh, NC: National Society for Experiential Education.

Pritchard, M. (1999). Service-learning and engineering ethics. Paper presented at the International Conference on Ethics in Engineering and Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.

Rhodes, R. (1998). Critical multiculturalism and service learning. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 73, pp. 21-25.

Sigmon, Robert. (1990). Service-learning: Three principles.” In Kendall, J. and associates, eds. Combining service and learning: A resource book for community and public service, Vol. I. Raleigh, NC: National Society for Experiential Education.

Stanton, T. (1990). Liberal arts, experiential learning, and public service: Necessary ingredients for socially responsible undergraduate education. In Kendall, J. and associates, eds. Combining service and learning: A resource book for community and public service, Vol. I.

Raleigh, NC: National Society for Experiential Education.

Stanton, T. (1990). Service-learning: Groping toward a definition. In Kendall, J. and associates, eds. Combining service and learning: A resource book for community and public service, Vol. I. Raleigh, NC: National Society for Experiential Education.

Strand, K. (1999). Sociology and service-learning: A critical look. In Ostrow, J. et al, eds. Cultivating the sociological imagination: concepts and models for service-learning in sociology. Washington, D.C: American Association for Higher Education.

Williams, R. The impact of field education on student development. In Kendall, J. and associates, eds. Combining service and learning: A resource book for community and public service, Vol. I. Raleigh, NC: National Society for Experiential Education.

Books
Alliance for Service-Learning in Education Reform. Standards of quality for school based service-learning. 1995.

Delve, C.I., Mintz, S., D., & Stewart,G.M. eds. (1990). Community service as values education. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Eyler, J. & Giles, D. (2000). Where’s the learning in service learning? San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Jacoby, B. (1997). Service learning in higher education: Concepts and practices. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Schine, J. ed. (1997). Service learning. Chicago, IL: National society for the study of education.

Stanton, T.K. et al. (1999). Service-learning: A movement’s pioneers reflect on its origins, practice and future. San Francisco, CA: The

Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series.

Taylor, B. ed. (1996). Expanding boundaries: Service learning. Corporation for National Service.

Zlotkowski, E. (series editor). AAHE series on service-learning in the disciplines. http://www.aahe.org/service/series_new.htm. Also available in Alyson Colwell-Waber’s office.