Embedding Service Learning in European Higher Education: Developing a Culture of Civic Engagement

ISBN-13: 9781138089747 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 250 str.

Pilar Aramburuzabala; Lorraine McIlrath; Hector Opazo

Opis

Developed from the successful EU Erasmus+ funded project ‘Europe Engage’ this book promotes service-learning as a pedagogical approach that develops civic engagement within higher education.

Spis treści

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Introduction; Section I Foundations of Service Learning within Europe; CHAPTER ONE What Is Service Learning? Making Sense of The Pedagogy and Practice; CHAPTER TWO The Changing Face of Higher Education - Economic and Democratic Imperatives; CHAPTER THREE Youth Life Purpose - Evaluating Service Learning via Development of Lifelong ‘Radar’ for Community Contribution; Section II Europe Engage – Approaches to Service Learning; CHAPTER FOUR Europe Engage - Developing a Culture of Civic Engagement through Service Learning within Higher Education in Europe; CHAPTER FIVE Service Learning, Civic Competencies and Work-Life Skills; CHAPTER SIX Understanding the Evolution of Service Learning at European Universities - Insights From Actor-Network Theory; CHAPTER SEVEN Identified Service Learning Practices in European Higher Education; Section III European Higher Education Practice – Case Studies; CHAPTER EIGHT National University of Ireland, Galway – Developing Service Learning as an Ethos and Practice; CHAPTER NINE Service Learning in Teacher Training – A Case Study of the Autonomous University of Madrid; CHAPTER TEN Promoting Civic Engagement through Service Learning at the University of Bologna; CHAPTER ELEVEN Service-Learning in Post-Communist Countries - Lithuania and Croatia; CHAPTER TWELVE European Student Reflections and Perspectives on Service Learning; Section IV Future Considerations for Service Learning in Europe; CHAPTER THIRTEEN Institutionalisation of Service learning in European Higher Education; CHAPTER FOURTEEN Considerations for Service Learning in European Higher Education