RE: new service learning course

        I have found students respond well to Robert Cole's The call of
service:  A witness to idealism.  (Houghton-Mifflin, 1993). There also are
some service-learning readers available (e.g., Service-Learning Reader
edited by Gail Albert (National Society for Experiential Education, 1994).


Robyn Gibboney, PhD
Director of Development
Indiana University School of Nursing
1111 Middle Dr., NU 101
Indianapolis, IN  46202-5107
317-274-4293
317-278-7908 (fax)
rgibbone@iupui.edu

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Janie Wolf-Smith [SMTP:jwsmith@hermes.gc.peachnet.edu]
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 3:55 PM
> To:   sl@csf.colorado.edu
> Subject:      new service learning course
> 
> Dear service learning colleagues,
>         I will be offering a new course on our campus (a two-year 
> community college) next semester entitled Service Learning.  This 
> is a one hour credit course and we will be meeting once per week, 
> for about an hour.  Students will be required to complete 30 hours 
> of service learning during the semester. In keeping with the intent of 
> service learning, I want students to integrate what they learn from 
> class with their service in the community.  However, the course 
> does not deal with a specific subject or discipline (like education or 
> sociology); rather, it is a stand alone service learning course.  
> Therefore, I am having some difficulty coming up with a text or 
> readings for the course. If you have any suggestions on this, I 
> would very much appreciate hearing from you.  I would also 
> appreciate any suggestions on how to best use this hour of class 
> time each week.  I am familiar with the campus compact website 
> with syllabi, but didn't find anything there that was comparable.  
> Any suggestions you could offer would be appreciated.  If you 
> prefer to reply to me, my email address is 
> jwsmith@hermes.gc.peachnet.edu