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Service-Learning History, Theory, and Issues
Bruce W. Speck, ed., Sherry L. Hoppe, ed.
ISBN: 0-89789-852-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-89789-852-2
224 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 7/30/2004
List Price: $71.95 (UK Sterling Price: £49.95)
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Description: 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 gratitude for their own good fortunes or from a desire to give back to communities from which they have benefited. Typically, service-learning programs based on the philanthropic or communitarian models deal with the overt needs of community members. In contrast, the civic model requires deeper analysis of the various political and social issues that may be the cause of social conditions that require the help of the more fortunate. Opponents of the civic theory fear that proponents see the classroom as a forum for advancing particular political agendas, conceivably indoctrinating students to a particular view of social injustices.

This book presents the theories and critiques their merits and liabilities, providing insight into the widely divergent curricular applications. It also examines the reasons professors should consider service-learning components in their classes and provides resources for further investigation of both theory and practice.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction by Bruce W. Speck
    History
    Theoretical Roots of Service-Learning: Progressive Education and the Development of Citizenship by Jordy Rocheleau
    The Historical Origins of Service-Learning in the 19th and 20th Centuries: The Transplanted and Indigenous Traditions by Gregory R. Zieren and Peter H. Stoddard
    Theoretical Models
    A Justification of the Philanthropic Model by C. F. Abel
    A Critique of the Philanthropic Model by Arthur Sementelli
    A Justification of the Civic Engagement Model by J. B. Watson Jr.
    A Critique of the Civic Engagement Model by Robert J. Exley
    A Justification of the Communitarian Model by Frank Codispoti
    A Critique of the Communitarian Model by Christina Murphy
    A Synthesis of the Theoretical Stances by Sherry L. Hoppe
    Related Issues
    The Ethics of Classroom Advocacy by C. F. Abel, J. A. Lacina, and C. D. Abel
    Service Learning and Professional Ethics in a Catholic University by Rick Henderson
    Selected Sources on Service-Learning by Bruce W. Speck
    Authors
About the Author: BRUCE W. SPECK is the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of English at Austin Peay State University.

SHERRY L. HOPPE is the President of Austin Peay State University.
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