Service-Learning: History, Theory, and Issues

by Bruce W. Speck and Sherry L. Hoppe

Although service-learning programs can have diverse theoretical roots, faculty who engage their students in service-learning may not be be cognizant of alternatives to the one they adopt. This book presents not only a historical perspective, but it also debates the theories and issues surrounding the conflicts inherent in those theories. One theory, based on a philanthropic model, engages students in a commitment to serve others from a sense of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897898524
• ISBN13: 9780897898522
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 209 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.5"