Re: Resources on Faith and Learning

Joy,

Someone recently asked me a very related question so I thought I'd pass on
the resources I found for him. Some resources may not be directly related
to your need, but then again maybe they will be.

Organizations (web sites):

Council for Spiritual and Ethical Education
http://www.csee.org/

Books/Articles

Grounded in Justice: Service Learning from a Faith Perspective. New
Directions for Student Services, n50 p77-90 1990
Author(s): Erin D. Swezey
Abstract:
This chapter explores how community service within campus religious life
can encourage, support, and challenge students' spiritual development, and
in particular the development of faith during their college experience.
Swezey looks at Westerhoff''s styles of faith (experienced, affiliative,
searching, and owned), Park's Model for Faith, and integrating
campus-ministry programs with the Service Learning Model.
Where to Obtain this Resource: 
New Directions for Student Services n50 Sum 1990
Jossey-Bass Inc., Publishers 
http://www.jbp.com/jbsearch.html
(or through your academic library's ILL department)

ERIC_NO: ED425995 
TITLE: As We Teach and Learn: Recognizing Our Catholic Identity. Module 4:
Service Learning. 
AUTHOR: Grace, Bill; Ristau, Karen, Ed.; Haney, Regina, Ed. 
LANGUAGE: English 
DESCRIPTORS: *Catholic Educators; *Catholic Schools; Catholics;
Christianity; Church Related Colleges; Curriculum; Elementary Secondary
Education; Faculty Development; Higher Education; Inservice Education;
Instruction; Nuns; *Parochial Schools; Priests; *Religious Education;
Religious Organizations; *Service Learning; Teaching Guides 
IDENTIFIERS: *Catholic Church 
ABSTRACT: The As We Teach and Learn program consists of an instrument to
assess the Catholic dimension of a school and is designed to be used with
study modules in a faculty-meeting format. Module topics include: "Faith
Community"; "Faith Development"; "Religion Curriculum Articulation: Faith
as the Root of all Instruction"; "Service Learning"; "Prayer and Liturgy
Integration"; and "Social Justice." Each module has been created so that it
can stand alone or be used with other modules. Each module contains an
overview of the complete program, a general introduction, directions and
suggestions for using the  program, a suggested first faculty meeting
outline, an introduction to the module, outlines of five meetings,
materials which can be duplicated, a suggested final faculty meeting, and a
school planning form. This module, "Service Learning," focuses on programs
promoting and teaching serving and ministering to others. Five specific
topics include: "Core Values: Prelude to Service"; "From Values to Service:
The Leap of Faith"; "From Vision to Advocacy: On Earth as It Is in Heaven";
"Covenant Community: A Required Context for Service Learning and Servant
Leadership." Ten appendices are included. (RJC) 
GEOGRAPHIC_SOURCE: U.S.; District of Columbia 
CLEARINGHOUSE_NO: SO028675 
INSTITUTION_NAME: FGK56381 _ National Catholic Educational Association,
Washington, DC. 
PUBLICATION_TYPE: 055 
PUBLICATION_DATE: 1997 
AVAILABILITY: National Catholic Educational Association, Publications
Office, 1077 30th Street, N.W., Suite 100, Washington, DC 20007-3852; Tel:
202-337-6232; Fax: 202-333-6706 (set of 10, $48 member; $64 nonmember). 
EDRS_PRICE: EDRS Price MF01/PC02 Plus Postage. 
COMMENTS: For other study modules and the assessment package, see SO 028
672-78. 
PAGE: 45 
LEVEL: 1
**There seem to be several in this "As We Teach We Learn" series that might
be of interest to you. I won't list them all but all are ERIC documents,
and are probably available through your college's library.

I hope this helps!  Ann

At 05:03 PM 10/11/99 -0700, Joy Bianchi Brown wrote:
>Hi all---I would appreciate any comment or resource you may have:
>
>Azusa Pacific University is a faith-based institution, and has been growing
>rapidly in the area of service learning in the last several years.  There 
>is
>one course in particular, a Foundations of Ministry course, where students
>are required to serve 15 hours as part of the course.  The course comes out
>of the religion department, and the faculty are looking for some literature
>and information that specifically address service learning as part of a
>faith based curriculum.  Does anyone know of resources in the form of books
>or journals (or internet sites) that address this?
>
>Thanks for any response!
>
>Joy Bianchi Brown
>Director
>Office of Community Service Learning
>Azusa Pacific University
>901 E Alosta Ave
>Azusa CA 91702
>                                          626.815.6000 x3780
>
>
>
Ann Treacy, Librarian   
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