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RE: new service learning course

by Thomas D. Zlatic

18 October 2000 19:40 UTC



I was told that the Service Learning Reader was out of print.  Does anyone
know for sure if it is still available?

On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Gibboney, Roberta K. wrote:

>       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
> 



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