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  • How to Establish a High School Service Learning Programby Judith T. Witmer; Carolyn S. Anderson

    ASCD 1994; US$ 7.95

    This is a highly practical book for anyone who is interested in establishing or maintaining a service learning program at the high school level. It comes at an opportune moment, following the recent passage of the National and Community Service Act of 1993. The book explains the origins, purpose, goals, and principles of service learning; discusses program design options and factors that need to be considered when establishing a program; offers guidance on starting and operating a program; and discusses how to handle common obstacles and challenges. Appendixes list other sources of valuable information. more...

  • Beyond the Campusby David Maurasse

    RoutledgeFalmer 2001; US$ 42.95

    The author examines the role of the university and its relationship to the community. He provides success stories of schools and communities that are forming positive partnerships in the community. more...

  • Effective Schooling for the Communityby Tony Townsend

    Routledge 1993; US$ 64.95

    Combines knowledge of school effectiveness and community education to shed new light on the management of schools. Townsend argues for greater community in involvement in schooling as a whole. more...

  • Schools and Communityby James Arthur; Richard Bailey

    RoutledgeFalmer 1999; US$ 53.95

    This is a timely book which is of interest to all those working in schools and with children and young people. It is a guide to this important and highly influential movement which is shaping our educational future. more...

  • After the Bell: Family Background, Public Policy, and Educational Success by Dalton Conley; Karen Albright

    Routledge 2004; US$ 180.00

    This book looks at the social and economic factors of schooling and will prove an intriguing read for sociologists, social economists and policy-makers alike. more...

  • Building Partnerships for Service-Learningby Barbara Jacoby and Associates

    John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003; US$ 42.00

    It is clear that service-learning has the potential to yield tremendous benefits to students, communities, and institutions of higher education. Increased student learning has been well documented. As communities gain new energy to meet their needs and greater capacity to capitalize on their assets, service-learning enables higher education to fulfill its civic responsibility. When service-learning lives up to its potential to lead colleges and universities to transform themselves into fully engaged citizens of their communities and the world, its ability to bring about positive social change is limitless. To be successful, service-learning must be grounded in a wide range of solid, reciprocal, democratic partnerships. Building Partnerships... more...

  • Community-Based Research and Higher Educationby Kerry J. Strand; Nicholas Cutforth; Randy Stoecker; Sam Marullo; Patrick Donohue

    John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003; US$ 40.00

    Community-Based Research and Higher Education is the long-awaited guide to how to incorporate a powerful and promising new form of scholarship into academic settings. The book presents a model of community-based research (CBR) that engages community members with students and faculty in the course of their academic work. Unlike traditional academic research, CBR is collaborative and change-oriented and finds its research questions in the needs of communities. This dynamic research model combines classroom learning with social action in ways that can ultimately empower community groups to address their own agendas and shape their own futures. At the same time it emphasizes the development of knowledge and skills that truly prepare students... more...

  • The Shaping School Culture Fieldbookby Kent D. Peterson; Terrence E. Deal

    John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002; US$ 30.00

    The Shaping School Culture Fieldbook provides a variety of sources of information, inspiration, and suggestions and includes more than forty field-tested exercises. Each chapter begins with a discussion of the features of culture and the symbolic roles of leaders and is followed by a set of examples that clearly illustrate the ideas. The book is filled with activities. Many are specifically designed as group activities with suggestions for how to organize the session, while others are meant to stimulate reflection and are often posed as questions. Most of the activities are designed be to used in a group setting and the questions provided in the chapters can become topics for dialogue or group brainstorming. This wonderful resource will help... more...

  • Creating Campus Communityby William M. McDonald

    John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002; US$ 40.00

    "We have at our disposal one of the greatest vehicles for...community-building known to humankind--the one called education." --from the foreword by Parker Palmer "Connecting authentically and deeply with others across all dimensions of life enriches the human spirit. The sense of community resulting from such connections is a hallmark of a supportive campus environment, which we know is an important factor in enhancing student learning. The contributions to this book offer a vision we can work toward and provide instructive examples from different types of institutions to point the way." --George D. Kuh, chancellor's professor and director, National Survey of Student Engagement, Indiana University "Ernie Boyer was a giant in higher education.... more...

  • Rethinking Pastoral Careby Ú Collins; na M.; Jean McNiff

    RoutledgeFalmer 1999; US$ 57.50

    This book looks at how teachers can attempt to give good quality pastoral care, whether as a form tutor in the first instance or in a managerial role further along in their development. more...