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| Source: Sarena D. Seifer, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, March 2002. Updated July 2004. | ||
 | Available Discipline-Specific Service-Learning Resources in Higher Education | |
| There are a number of discipline-specific service-learning resources available, and fortunately the number is growing. These include print publications, web sites, electronic discussion groups and expert faculty. Discipline-specific funding resources will be presented as part of a future fact sheet about funding for service-learning. This report is organized into two main sections: discipline-specific resources that include multiple disciplines, and discipline-specific resources for a particular discipline. Many of these resources are summarized below, followed by ideas on how to best take advantage of them. Please help us add to this evolving document! If you have suggested resources, including those in disciplines not currently covered in this document, please email them to info@servicelearning.org. | ||
 | Discipline-Specific Resources that Cover Multiple Disciplines | |
| Print Publications | ||
| AAHE Monograph Series | ||
| A frequently cited and used resource is the American Association of Higher Education
(AAHE) monograph series on service-learning in the academic disciplines. AAHE
is a national membership organization dedicated to improving the quality of higher
education in America. Its members include higher education faculty, administration
and students, as well as foundation leaders and policymakers the government, media
and business sectors. AAHE's series on Service-Learning in the Disciplines is a set of eighteen monographs, each focusing on why and how service-learning can be implemented within a particular discipline. The discussions presented in the series are written by scholars in the discipline and are supported by research, course models, annotated bibliographies and program descriptions. Each volume includes both theoretical and pedagogical essays and cover a wide range of interests and approaches. For a list of monograph titles and borrowing information, see our library catalog. Ideas for using this series:
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| Disciplinary Pathways to Service-Learning | ||
| Edited by David Droge, University of Puget Sound, this monograph presents 14 essays by community college faculty, chronicling their experiences in developing service-learning activities. Specific disciplines covered in this publication include business and management, composition, the humanities, psychology, reading instruction, sociology, developmental studies, english as a second language. Sections on print, organizational and electronic resources are also provided. To view and order, visit http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/other/engagement/pathways/index.jsp | ||
| Praxis I. A Faculty Casebook on Community Service Learning | ||
| Edited by Jeffrey Howard, University of Michigan, each of the 17 chapters has been written by a faculty member at the University of Michigan, describing her/his experience integrating service into an academic course. Models represent 14 disciplines, including sociology, english, biology, psychology , public health, political science, women's studies, social work, architecture, and other undergraduate and graduate fields. OCSL Press, University of Michigan, Office of Community Service Learning. | ||
| Snapshots of Service in the Disciplines | ||
| Published by Campus Compact, this book highlights over 70 service learning projects from the 1994-95 Corporation for National Service grants awarded to faculty by Campus Compact. Covers a wide range of disciplines, from accounting to urban studies. To order, visit www.compact.org. | ||
| Course Syllabi | ||
| These web sites contain syllabi for service-learning courses across a wide range of disciplines in higher education. | ||
| http://www.compact.org/syllabi/ | ||
| http://www.evergreen.loyola.edu/~rcrews/sl/syllabi.html (previously the csf-colorado website) | ||
| http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/servicelearningres.html#Syllabi (health professions-focused) | ||
| http://www.aacc.nche.edu (click under "AACC projects and partnerships" and then under "Horizons service-learning", then "curriculum tools" for information on obtaining college course syllabi) | ||
| http://www.higher-ed.org/syllabi/ | ||
| UCLA GSEIS syllabi archives (now housed on the NSLC website) | ||
| Ideas for using course syllabi: | ||
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| Other Web-Based Resources | ||
| 101 Ideas for Combining Service and Learning (http://www.fiu.edu/~time4chg/Library/ideas.html) This web site lists a host of good ideas across disciplines. A number of campus-based service-learning programs maintain web sites that contain discipline-specific information about service-learning, with links to syllabi and other resources from their campus. For example, http://www.asu.edu/duas/servicelearning/. | ||
| Conferences and Institutes | ||
| Campus Compact's home page also maintains a listing of upcoming events: http://www.compact.org. | ||
| Minnesota Campus Compact has been sponsoring a series of service-learning faculty development workshops that correspond with each of the disciplines in the AAHE monograph series. For more information, contact Julie Plaut at julieplaut@mncampuscompact.org. | ||
| Ideas for conferences and events: | ||
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| Discipline-Specific Resources for a Particular Discipline | |
| Ideas for finding discipline-specific resources: | ||
| Open your web browser, go to www.google.com, and do a search on service-learning and the discipline of interest. You will find a number of individual campuses and faculty with information about service-learning in that particular discipline. | ||
| ACCOUNTING | ||
| Learning by Doing: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Accounting, D.V. Rama, ed., Edward Zlotkowski series ed., Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education, 1998. | ||
| The American Accounting Association web site has service-learning resources available, including abstracts of service-learning presentations from past AAA conferences and information about the AAA's service-learning committee http://aaahq.org/facdev/teaching/aen/spr98/item14.htm. For a copy of the AAA service-learning committee's reports, email D.V. Rama at drama@mediaone.net. | ||
| Experiential Learning-Service Learning: Linking Accounting Content to Practice
and Real-World Problems, Spring 1998 issue of Accounting Education News http://aaahq.org/facdev/teaching/aen/spr98/item14.htm | ||
| Accounting and the Public Interest is a new journal published by the Public Interest Section of the American Accounting Association and welcomes articles on service-learning in accounting (select 'Browse AAA Publications' then select 'Accounting and the Public Interest' http://www.aahq.org/pubs/electpubs.htm | ||
| ARCHAEOLOGY | ||
| The Center for Public Archaeology has existed for 18 years at the California State University, Northridge. The Center was created to meet several needs. Those needs include student training in archaeology, advancement of research in California archaeology, and consulting with public and private agencies in meeting regulatory requirements related to archaeological resources. This site describes the Center and some of the service-learning projects that students have been involved in, such as archaeological resources surveys, archaeological excavation, preparation of environmental impact statements, and zooarchaeological research. | ||
| The Mesa Southwest Museum, a local museum with a focus on history, anthropology and natural history has been an archaeology service-learning site for students from Mesa Community College. Students assist with the archaeology lab, excavation sites, and exhibition preparation at the museum. They also help with education departments, paleontology and anthropology areas. | ||
| ARCHITECTURE | ||
| The American Architectural Foundation website does not directly address service-learning, but it provides (free) creative curriculum and projects to teach architecture in the lower grades | ||
| BIOLOGY | ||
| Life, Learning, and Community: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Biology, David C. Brubaker and Joel H. Ostroff, eds., Edward Zlotkowski series ed., Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education, 2000. | ||
| A World Wide Web site for a service-learning course in microbiology at Kapiolani Community College. A number of useful resources, including study guides and lecture outlines can be found here http://www2.hawaii.edu/~johnb/micro. | ||
| COMMUNICATION STUDIES | ||
| Voices of Strong Democracy: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Communication Studies, David Droge and Bren Ortega Murphy, eds., Edward Zlotkowski series ed., Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education, 1999. | ||
| The National Communications Association maintains a service-learning page on
its web site. The site includes a toolkit, bibliography, information about service-learning leaders in the field, and other resources http://www.natcom.org/Instruction/sl/home.htm. | ||
| A project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, the National Communication Association, Campus Compact, and the American Association for Higher Education, Communicating Common Ground teams faculty and students from college-level communication programs with P-12 schools and community groups to implement programs that foster respect for diversity and combat prejudice in communities across America. College students and faculty lead younger students in learning activities designed to advance multicultural education, appreciation of diversity, and the creation of communities in which hate, hate speech, and hate crimes are not tolerated. For more information, visit www.natcom.org/Instruction/CCG/projectdescripton.htm. | ||
| COMPOSITION | ||
| Writing the Community: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Composition, Linda Adler-Kassner, Robert Crooks, and Ann Watters, eds., Edward Zlotkowski series ed., Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education, 1997. | ||
| ENGINEERING | ||
| Projects That Matter: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Engineering, Edmund Tsang, ed., Edward Zlotkowski series ed., Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education, 2000. | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES | ||
| Acting Locally: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Environmental Studies, Harold Ward, ed., Edward Zlotkowski series ed., Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education, 1999. | ||
| HISTORY | ||
| Connecting Past and Present: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in History, Ira Harkavy and Bill M. Donovan, eds., Edward Zlotkowski series ed., Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education, 2000. | ||
| The American Historical Association web site has articles and information about
service-learning in history (www.historians.org and http://www.historians.org/teaching/) Relevant articles from the association's newsletter Perspectives Online appear here: http://www.historians.org/perspectives/issues/2001/0102/0102not1.cfm | ||
| MANAGEMENT | ||
| Working for the Common Good: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Management, Paul C. Godfrey and Edward T. Grasso, eds., Edward Zlotkowski series ed., Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education, 2000. | ||
| The Academy of Management web site contains information about service-learning sessions at past annual conferences (http://www.aomonline.org/). | ||
| The Academy of Management Initiative for the Advancement of Civic Engagement
and Community-based Service-Learning is working to advance service-learning in management education and supports service-learning fellows in the management field. http://www.aomonline.org/aom.asp?ID=4 http://division.aomonline.org/pnp/ | ||
| MEDICAL EDUCATION | ||
| Creating Community-Responsive Physicians: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Medical Education, Sarena D. Seifer, Kris Hermanns, and Judy Lewis, eds., Edward Zlotkowski series ed., Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education, 2000, 181. | ||
| Community-Campus Partnerships for Health's service-learning resources web page contains course syllabi and materials on service-learning in medical education http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/servicelearningres.html. | ||
| NURSING EDUCATION | ||
| Caring and Community: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Nursing, Jane S. Norbeck, Charlene Connolly, and JoEllen Koerner, eds., Edward Zlotkowski series ed., Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education, 1998. | ||
| Community-Campus Partnerships for Health's Partners in Caring and Community:
Service-Learning in Nursing Education Program web site contains case studies,
course syllabi, powerpoint presentations and an annotated bibliography. http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pcc.html | ||
| PEACE STUDIES | ||
| Teaching for Justice: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Peace Studies, Kathleen Maas Weigert and Robin J. Crews, eds., Edward Zlotkowski series ed., Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education, 1999. | ||
| PHILOSOPHY | ||
| Beyond the Tower: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Philosophy C. David Lisman and Irene E. Harvey, eds., Edward Zlotkowski series ed., Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education, 2000. | ||
| The web site of the American Philosophical Association's Committee on the Teaching
of Philosophy has several articles on service-learning and a site for philosophy
professors to share their opinions of and experiences with service-learning as
a teaching method. http://www.apa.udel.edu/apa/governance/committees/teaching/torcmain.asp http://www.apa.udel.edu/apa/governance/committees/teaching/service-learning.html http://www.apa.udel.edu/apa/governance/committees/teaching/valentine.html | ||
| POLITICAL SCIENCE | ||
| Experiencing Citizenship: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Political Science, Richard M. Battistoni and William E. Hudson, eds., Edward Zlotkowski series ed., Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education, 1997. | ||
| The American Political Science Association web site has a page that lists active political science courses that have a service-learning component. http://www.apsanet.org/section_457.cfm | ||
| The University of Washington also has a site for service-learning in political science that has several syllabi, at http://depts.washington.edu/leader/. | ||
| PSYCHOLOGY | ||
| With Service in Mind : Concepts and Models for Service Learning in Psychology, Robert G. Bringle and Donna K. Duffy, eds., Edward Zlotkowski series ed., Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education, 1998. | ||
| The American Psychological Association maintains a web site on service-learning
and civic engagement. The site is intended to introduce faculty, teachers, students,
researchers, clinicians, and community partners to the connections between psychological
work, the pedagogy of service-learning, and issues of civic engagement. The site
contains definitions, publications, and contact information for service-learning
leaders in psychology. http://www.apa.org/ed/slce/home.html | ||
| SOCIOLOGY | ||
| Cultivating the Sociological Imagination: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Sociology, James Ostrow, Garry Hesser, and Sandra Enos, eds., Edward Zlotkowski series ed., Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education, 1999. | ||
| SPANISH | ||
| Construyendo Puentes (Building Bridges) Concepts and Models for Service-Learning
in Spanish, Josef Hellebrandt and Lucia T. Varona, eds., Edward Zlotkowski series ed., Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education, 1999. | ||
| The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese has sponsored
a service-learning conference and plans are underway for future service-learning
conferences. https://www.aatsp.org/scriptcontent/custom/members/02_resources/ newsletter._pdfs/enlace_fall_2003.pdf | ||
| TEACHER EDUCATION | ||
| Learning With the Community: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Teacher Education, Joseph A. Erickson and Jeffrey B. Anderson, eds., Edward Zlotkowski series ed., Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education, 1997. | ||
| The National Service-Learning Teacher Education Partnership web site maintains a reference list of articles on service-learning in teacher education, an electronic discussion group, and a list of consultants across the country with relevant expertise. | ||
| The American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education web site includes a digest that focuses on service-learning. | ||
| WOMEN'S STUDIES | ||
| The Practice of Change: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Women's Studies, Barbara J. Balliet and Kerrissa Heffernan, eds., Edward Zlotkowski series ed., Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education, 2000. | ||
| The American Women's Studies Association sponsored a national service-learning
project in 1979. A description appears on this web site. http://www.mith2.umd.edu/WomensStudies/Development+Support/ ServiceLearning/contents.html | ||
