Serving to Learn, Learning to Serve: Civics and Service from A to Z

by Cynthia Parsons

A major theme of education reform in the United States is that schools should prepare students to live in a democratic society. To this end, service learning′ is designed to encourage young people to become responsible, caring citizens. At present, however, service learning tends to be restricted to assigning students to community service projects. In this book Cynthia Parsons argues that service learning should be regarded as part of - not...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803963653
• ISBN13: 9780803963658
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Corwin Publishers
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"