Quick Hits for Service-Learning: Successful Strategies by Award-Winning TeachersM. A. Cooksey, Kimberly T. Olivares Service-learning, the integration of classroom instruction with community service projects, is rapidly gaining momentum as a successful teaching and learning strategy that benefits both students and their communities. Quick Hits for Service-Learning presents more than 80 examples of innovative curricula, developed by educators in a wide range of disciplines, designed to combine community service with instruction and reflection. Seven chapters offer tips for classroom activities that focus on the education of children and youth; civic awareness, engagement, and activism; language, literature, and communication; global studies and local outreach to exceptional populations; the study of history, the social sciences, and the arts; business, industry, and the health sciences; and the teaching of research and other "tools of the trade." Brimming with ideas that busy faculty members can easily adapt to their own classrooms, this book is a valuable reference for faculty new to the field or seasoned practitioners looking for fresh ideas. |
Contents
1 The Education of Children and Youth | 1 |
2 Civic Awareness Engagement and Activism | 29 |
3 Language Literature and Communication | 49 |
4 Global Studies and Local Outreach to Exceptional Populations | 67 |
5 The Study of History the Social Sciences and the Arts | 91 |
6 Business Industry and the Health Sciences | 119 |
7 The Teaching of Research and Other Tools of the Trade | 145 |
Contributors | 173 |
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