Service Learning Across the Curriculum - Case Applications in Higher Education

With its roots in the Progressive educational movement led by John Dewey, service learning is an educational method that emphasizes learning through meaningful experiences in which concepts explored in the classroom are applied for the greater benefit of society. In this edited volume, authors from various disciplines discuss how they have incorporated service learning into their teaching and provide examples of the approaches and methodologies that others can use to develop similar programs for their own classes. The authors demonstrate how service learning can be applied to areas as diverse as horticulture and landscape design to marketing and business, all with a goal to fulfill the developmental needs of students as well as the social needs of a particular project's benefactor. Service Learning Across the Curriculum is an unprecedented work that will inspire instructors to promote social prosperity through the education, service, and citizenship of their students.

List of contents

chapter 1 An Orientation to Service Learning
chapter 2 Psychology
chapter 3 Horticulture, Planning and Landscape Architecture, and Sociology
chapter 4 Public Health and Parks, Recreation & Tourism Management
chapter 5 Marketing
chapter 6 Organizational Communication
chapter 7 Business Writing
chapter 8 Science
chapter 9 Education
chapter 10 Technical Writing
chapter 11 Index

About the author

Steven J. Madden

Product details

• Authors: Steven J. Madden, Madden Steven J.
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2000
• EAN: 9780761815846
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-1584-6
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 223 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 231 g
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Teaching materials, hand-outs; REFERENCE / General, EDUCATION / Administration / General, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects, Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects