Service-Learning in the Disciplines Series

220 pages
152 x 227mm
ISBN-10: 1 56377 020 2
ISBN-13: 978 156377 020 3
Pub date: May 2000
Published by Stylus Publishing, LLC

The question that animates this volume, 16th in the Service-Learning in the Disciplines Series, is: Why connect service-learning to history courses? The contributors answer that question in different ways and illustrate and highlight a diversity of historical approaches and interpretations. All agree, however, that they do their jobs better as teachers (and in some cases as researchers) by engaging their students in service-learning. An interesting read with a compelling case for the importance of history and how service-learning can improve the historian's craft.
Contents:
Part One: Perspectives On History And Service-Learning.
Service-Learning As A Strategy For Advancing The Contemporary University And The Discipline Of History By Bill M. Donovan;
Service-Learning, Academically Based Community Service, And The Historic Mission Of The American Urban Research University By Ira Harkavy;
Emerson's Prophecy By John Saltmarsh; Service-Learning And History: Training The Metaphorical Mind By J. Matthew Gallman.
Part Two: Case Studies - American History.
The Turnerian Frontier: A New Approach To The Study Of The American Character By Michel Zuckerman;
Reflections Of A Historian On Teaching A Service-Learning Course About Poverty And Homelessness In America By Albert Camarillo;
History As Public Work By Elisa Von Joeden-Forgey And John Puckett;
Reclaiming The Historical Tradition Of Service In The African-American Community By Beverly W. Jones.
Part Three: Case Studies - Latin-American And European History.
Service-Learning As A Tool Of Engagement: From Thomas Aquinas To Che Guevara By Bill M. Donovan;
Serving And Learning In The Chilean Desert By Marshall C. Eakin;
Classical Studies And The Search For Community By Ralph M. Rosen;
The Unspoken Purposes Of Service-Learning: Teaching The Holocaust By Steve Hochstadt.
Appendix.
Annotated Bibliography By Bill M. Donovan And John Saltmarsh.