An Adventure in Service-Learning - Developing Knowledge, Values and Responsibility

An Adventure in Service-Learning is a well written and easy to read book which introduces the newcomer to service-learning and provides the seasoned practitioner with an analysis of this most interesting teaching method. Its discussion of learning will be of interest to educationists and its consideration of service will be important to those who a

List of contents

Contents: Preface; Introduction; Part 1 Service-Learning: What is service-learning?; The learning involved; The service involved; The role of higher education; Service-learning in action: the case study. Part 2 Research Findings: Knowledge learning; Values learning; Preparing for work and society; The service-learning experience. Part 3 The Future: How to strengthen education; Postscript; Appendices; References; Index.

About the author

Anto Kerins is a senior lecturer at the Dublin Institute of Technology where his research interests include learning and service-learning. He has written 'Sole Survivors: How Exceptional Companies Survive and Thrive at the Edge' (Oak Tree Press) and 'Learning Societies and Low Unemployment: Education and Training in Low Unemployment Countries' (Irish Management Institute). He has edited 'Unemployment: the Need for Change' (Boole Press).

Summary

An Adventure in Service-Learning is a well written and easy to read book which introduces the newcomer to service-learning and provides the seasoned practitioner with an analysis of this most interesting teaching method. Its discussion of learning will be of interest to educationists and its consideration of service will be important to those who a

Product details

• Authors: Anto T. Kerins, Kerins Anto T.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.06.2024
• EAN: 9781032838229
• ISBN: 978-1-03-283822-9
• No. of pages: 312
• Weight: 560 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Marketing / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Sales & Selling / Management, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, Sales & marketing management, Teaching skills and techniques, Study & learning skills: general, Educational strategies & policy, Personnel & human resources management, Teaching skills & techniques, Personnel and human resources management, STUDY AIDS / Study & Test-Taking Skills, Sales and marketing management, Study and learning skills: general, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Teaching / Methods & Strategies