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

ISBN-13: 9780566088940 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 314 str.

Anto T Kerins;¬Abar

Opis

Service learning involves students using their classroom theory to help others through relevant volunteering work. Here, Anto Kerins provides the context to service learning and explains the theory behind the methodology.

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

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).