1st Edition
An Adventure in Service-Learning Developing Knowledge, Values and Responsibility
By Anto T. Kerins
Copyright 2010
312 Pages
by
Routledge
314 Pages
by
Routledge
314 Pages
by
Routledge
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An Adventure in Service-Learning argues that education can provide not just knowledge and skills but it can also encourage the development of values and responsibility Service-Learning is a teaching method unlike any other. It allows students to use their classroom theory to help others through relevant service or volunteering activity. In so doing, it gives students the opportunity to use the... Read more
Contents: Preface; Introduction; Part 1 Service-Learning: What is service-learning?; The learning involved; The service involved; The role of higher education; Service-learning in action: the case study. Part 2 Research Findings: Knowledge learning; Values learning; Preparing for work and society; The service-learning experience. Part 3 The Future: How to strengthen education; Postscript; Appendices; References; Index.
Biography
Anto Kerins is a senior lecturer at the Dublin Institute of Technology where his research interests include learning and service-learning. He has written 'Sole Survivors: How Exceptional Companies Survive and Thrive at the Edge' (Oak Tree Press) and 'Learning Societies and Low Unemployment: Education and Training in Low Unemployment Countries' (Irish Management Institute). He has edited 'Unemployment: the Need for Change' (Boole Press).
