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The Community Engagement and Service Mission of Universities
NIACE 2010; US$ 28.95The untapped energy of universities and other institutions of higher education to address regional issues seems endless. Issues less defined by political boundaries and increasingly defined by place call for a new type of engagement. This book discusses the challenges of engagement, but also the possibilities. more...
The Social Context of the School (RLE Edu L)
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 105.00In their appearance, schools often seem to be physically separated from their surroundings, cut off from the neighbouring houses and streets by high walls, by playgrounds or playing fields. Within the school, another world seems to exist, with a life of its own ? its own routine, dress, rules and customs ? which appears to have little relationship... more...
The Engaged Campus
Palgrave Macmillan 2012; US$ 32.00The Engaged Campus offers a set of emerging best practices and articulation of critical issues for faculty and administrators committed to developing, strengthening, or expanding majors or minors in community engagement at their respective institutions. more...
Adult Civic Engagement in Adult Learning
Wiley 2012; US$ 29.00Take an in-depth look at adult learning and education for citizenship and civic engagement. This issue presents the foundational connections between the adult education and civic engagement movements. It’s filled with studies on adult learning for participatory or deliberate democratic change and engagement at the local grassroots level. Contributors... more...
School and Community Interactions
Springer 2012; US$ 54.99Within the European and Asian context scientists from nine different countries are concerned with political and social interactional structures between schools as public institutions and the local political actors which influence the school environment. The contributions give answers to questions regarding the cooperation between school administrations... more...
Service-Learning and Educating in Challenging Contexts
Bloomsbury Publishing 2012; US$ 24.99Service-Learning and Educating in Challenging Contexts explores the potential of service-learning identified as a way to integrate community service with academic study to enrich the on-going professional development of educators, especially in schools that are located in challenging contexts. This collection offers a further refinement of what typically... more...
Research on Service Learning V2A
Stylus Publishing 2012; US$ 35.99The purpose of this work is to improve service learning research and practice through strengthening its theoretical base. Contributing authors include both well-known and emerging service learning and community engagement scholars, as well as scholars from other fields. The authors bring theoretical perspectives from a wide variety of disciplines to... more...
Research on Service Learning V2B
Stylus Publishing 2012; US$ 35.99The purpose of this work is to improve service learning research and practice through strengthening its theoretical base. Contributing authors include both well-known and emerging service learning and community engagement scholars, as well as scholars from other fields. The authors bring theoretical perspectives from a wide variety of disciplines to... more...
Erziehungs- und Bildungspartnerschaften
Springer 2013; US$ 54.99Erziehungs- und Bildungspartnerschaften' im Spannungsfeld von Schule, Jugendhilfe und Familie sind derzeit nicht optimal gelöst. Trotz vorhandener Praxis und teilweise langer Traditionen im Bereich der Elternarbeit mangelt es in Deutschland an modernen Konzepten zur Kooperation mit Eltern in der Bildungs- und Erziehungsarbeit. Dieses 'Praxisbuch'... more...
Learning Centres in Europe
NIACE 2006; US$ 11.95Throughout Europe, where refugee, migrant and minority ethnic communities are an increasingly integral part of the social, political, economic and cultural identity of most large cities, the need to develop relevant, accessible provision for adult learners from these communities has never been greater. Apart from barriers of language, financial hardship,... more...









