9781579229894 - Learning Through Serving: A Student Guidebook for Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Across Academic Disciplines and Cultural Communities de Cress, Christine M.;... (14 resultados)

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Condición: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | This substantially expanded new edition of this widely-used and acclaimed text maintains the objectives and tenets of the first. It is designed to help students understand and reflect on their community service experiences both as individuals and as citizens of communities.

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. This substantially expanded new edition of this widely-used and acclaimed text maintains the objectives and tenets of the first. It is designed to help students understand and reflect on their community service experiences both as individuals and as citizens of communities in need of their compassionate expertise. It is designed to assist faculty in facilitating student development of compassionate expertise through the context of service in applying disciplinary knowledge to community issues and challenges. In sum, the book is about how to make academic sense of civic service in preparing for roles as future citizen leaders.Each chapter has been developed to be read and reviewed, in sequence, over the term of a service-learning course. Students in a semester course might read just one chapter each week, while those in a quarter-term course might need to read one to two chapters per week. The chapters are intentionally short, averaging 8 to 14 pages, so they do not interfere with other course content reading.This edition presents four new chapters on Mentoring, Leadership, Becoming a Change Agent, and Short-Term Immersive and Global Service-Learning experiences. The authors have also revised the original chapters to more fully address issues of social justice, privilege/power, diversity, intercultural communication, and technology; have added more disciplinary examples; incorporated additional academic content for understanding service-learning issues (e.g., attribution theory); and cover issues related to students with disabilities, and international students.This text is a student-friendly, self-directed guide to service-learning that:Develops the skills needed to succeedClearly links service-learning to the learning goals of the courseCombines self-study and peer-study workbook formats with activities that can be incorporated in class, to give teachers maximum flexibility in structuring their service-learning coursesPromotes independent and collaborative learningEqually suitable for courses of a few weeks or a few months durationShows students how to assess progress and communicate end-resultsWritten for students participating in service learning as a class, but also suitable for students working individually on a project.Instructor's ManualThis Instructor Manual discusses the following six key areas for aligning your course with use of Learning through Serving, whether you teach a senior-level high school class, freshman studies course, or a college capstone class:1. Course and syllabus design2. Community-partner collaboration3. Creating class community4. Strategic teaching techniques5. Developing intercultural competence6. Impact assessment This substantially expanded new edition of this widely-used and acclaimed text maintains the objectives and tenets of the first. It is designed to help students understand and reflect on their community service experiences both as individuals and as citizens of communities. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Condición: New. pp. 240.

Condición: New. Num Pages: 270 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 839. . 2013. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. . . . .

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Condición: New. Christine M. Cress is Professor of Educational Leadership, Higher Education Policy, and Community Engagement at Portland State University. She received her Ph.D. from UCLA and was a Fulbright Senior Scholar at Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Tu.

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Condición: New. Num Pages: 270 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 839. . 2013. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. This substantially expanded new edition of this widely-used and acclaimed text maintains the objectives and tenets of the first. It is designed to help students understand and reflect on their community service experiences both as individuals and as citizens of communities in need of their compassionate expertise. It is designed to assist faculty in facilitating student development of compassionate expertise through the context of service in applying disciplinary knowledge to community issues and challenges. In sum, the book is about how to make academic sense of civic service in preparing for roles as future citizen leaders.Each chapter has been developed to be read and reviewed, in sequence, over the term of a service-learning course. Students in a semester course might read just one chapter each week, while those in a quarter-term course might need to read one to two chapters per week. The chapters are intentionally short, averaging 8 to 14 pages, so they do not interfere with other course content reading.This edition presents four new chapters on Mentoring, Leadership, Becoming a Change Agent, and Short-Term Immersive and Global Service-Learning experiences. The authors have also revised the original chapters to more fully address issues of social justice, privilege/power, diversity, intercultural communication, and technology; have added more disciplinary examples; incorporated additional academic content for understanding service-learning issues (e.g., attribution theory); and cover issues related to students with disabilities, and international students.This text is a student-friendly, self-directed guide to service-learning that:Develops the skills needed to succeedClearly links service-learning to the learning goals of the courseCombines self-study and peer-study workbook formats with activities that can be incorporated in class, to give teachers maximum flexibility in structuring their service-learning coursesPromotes independent and collaborative learningEqually suitable for courses of a few weeks or a few months durationShows students how to assess progress and communicate end-resultsWritten for students participating in service learning as a class, but also suitable for students working individually on a project.Instructor's ManualThis Instructor Manual discusses the following six key areas for aligning your course with use of Learning through Serving, whether you teach a senior-level high school class, freshman studies course, or a college capstone class:1. Course and syllabus design2. Community-partner collaboration3. Creating class community4. Strategic teaching techniques5. Developing intercultural competence6. Impact assessment This substantially expanded new edition of this widely-used and acclaimed text maintains the objectives and tenets of the first. It is designed to help students understand and reflect on their community service experiences both as individuals and as citizens of communities. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.