Re: Teacher Education in Service Learning

Teresa, 

Andy Furco has a nice typology in his article "service-learning: a balanced 
approach to experiential education" (it is part of the campus compact SL 
toolkit) where pre-service experiences fit in as being more focused on the 
provider (i.e. the student-teacher) and on learning.  While I employ additional 
service-learning components in my teacher-ed class, I think this typology is a 
very nice articulation of how to think about teacher education experiences 
within the context of SL.

Dan Butin

Assistant Professor
Department of Education
Gettysburg College
Box 396, 105 Weidensall Hall
Gettysburg, PA 17325
1-717-337-6553

-----Original Message-----
From: Teresa Taylor [mailto:ttaylor@mail.gcsu.edu]
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 2:16 PM
To: service-learning@csf.colorado.edu
Cc: ttaylor@gcsu.edu
Subject: Teacher Education in Service Learning


I am interested in obtaining articles, feedback, etc.,  pertaining to 
Service Learning as defined by Schools of Education.  How would faculty in 
Schools of Education classify pre-service experiences?  Would you classify 
the pre-service experience as Service Learning, Internships, etc?   Any 
help would be most appreciated.

Teresa Taylor
Service Learning Coordinator
Office of Experiential Learning
Georgia College & State University
130 Lanier Hall
CBX 053
Milledgeville, Ga. 31061
(478) 445-5772
(478) 445-2008 (fax)