Intercultural Service Learning - Theory, Practice and Assessment

This book provides a much-needed overview of the theory and practice of intercultural service learning, an approach that combines curricular learning, intercultural encounters and community service. It includes a model that outlines this pedagogy and which is intended to serve as a foundation for practitioners developing their own projects.

About the author

Petra Rauschert is a Senior Lecturer in Teaching English as a Foreign Language at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich, Germany. Her research focuses on intercultural education, and she has been engaged in service learning for nearly two decades, involving secondary school and university students in local and international projects. She founded the international service learning network Weitblick - Students in Action e.V.
Jacqueline Alexander is an elementary school teacher in Switzerland and has also taught in Germany, the US and Turkey. She has conducted multiple intercultural service learning projects with both university and elementary school students.

Product details

• Authors: Jacqueline Alexander, Petra Rauschert
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2025
• EAN: 9781800414266
• ISBN: 978-1-80041-426-6
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 640 g
• Series: Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Philanthropy & Charity, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, Language teaching theory & methods, Language teaching theory and methods, Charities, Voluntary Services & Philanthropy, Charities, voluntary services and philanthropy