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Service-Learning in Theory and Practice
Dan W. Butin
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Description for Service-Learning in Theory and Practice
Paperback. This book provides a cutting edge analysis of the rise and expansion of the community engagement movement in general and the service-learning field in specific. Num Pages: 174 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 242.
This book offers a comprehensive rethinking of the theory and practice of service-learning in higher education. Democratic and community engagement are vital aspects of linking colleges and communities, and this book critically engages the best practices and powerful alternative models in the academy. Drawing on key theoretical insights and empirical studies, Butin details the limits and possibilities of the future of community engagement in developing and sustaining the engaged campus.
This book offers a comprehensive rethinking of the theory and practice of service-learning in higher education. Democratic and community engagement are vital aspects of linking colleges and communities, and this book critically engages the best practices and powerful alternative models in the academy. Drawing on key theoretical insights and empirical studies, Butin details the limits and possibilities of the future of community engagement in developing and sustaining the engaged campus.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
Number of Pages
174
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230622517
SKU
V9780230622517
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About Dan W. Butin
DAN W. BUTIN is the Founding Dean of the School of Education at Merrimack College, USA.
Reviews for Service-Learning in Theory and Practice
"Dan W. Butin is the kind of critical friend every service learning advocate should excitedly embrace. This book is intellectually honest, theoretically sophisticated, and deeply impassioned. Butin embodies the kind of 'scholarly criticality' that anyone interested in moving the field forward should cherish. This book will shake your assumptions about service learning in all the right ways." - Joel Westheimer, ... Read more