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Abernathy, Tammy V.; Obenchain, Kathryn M. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2001
This article details a five-phase construction plan designed to guide students through the process of planning service learning projects with students responsible for all steps and the teacher assuming the role of facilitator and guide. Service-learning projects are encouraged as a means of including students with disabilities in their community…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Inclusive Schools, Program Development, School Community Relationship

Zlotkowski, Edward – Journal of Public Service & Outreach, 1997
Service learning is positioned at the intersection of two major concerns of education: the balance between active and traditional learning and the axis of public and private sectors. As such, it can be used to address a variety of educational issues, including instructional strategy, undergraduate research, diversity, civic and social…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Change Strategies, College Faculty, Educational Change
Miles, Julie A. – 1996
This manual provides basic information to help organize a "Hunger Cleanup." Written for the 1996 campaign, the publication contains an overall organizing plan, descriptions and responsibilities of different committees, a sample time line, general advice from previous "Hunger Cleanup" organizers, and appendices which can be reproduced or used as a…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship, Community Services, Economically Disadvantaged
DeNatale-Matthews, Gail; And Others – 1993
This booklet, designed to accompany a videotape, gives teachers and students advice on how to participate in their community and productively build upon it. Teachers who are affiliated with the REACH (Rural Education Alliance for Collaborative Humanities) advise other teachers to design their own program based on the specific community's needs.…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Place Based Education
Vue-Benson, Robin; Shumer, Robert – 1995
This bibliography addresses the issue of service as an instructional strategy. The citations in the bibliography are divided among five sections. Section 1 contains references that focus on the social and psychological outcomes of participation in service. The impact of service on relationships with others, self-esteem, and moral reasoning are…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Citizenship Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Reference Materials

1996
This document lists those guides most pertinent to service-learning in the collection at the National Service-Learning Cooperative Clearinghouse (NSLCC). Each citation provides bibliographic information, an indication of the type of guide, a program grade level, and the source or sources where the guide can be obtained. If an abstract was…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Citizenship Education, Community Services, Public Service
Miles, Julie – 1995
This guide is intended to organize education, service, and action events in conjunction with National Hunger and Homelessness Week, November 13-17, 1995. The guide presents a calendar of events, program tips, recruitment tips, an overview of the program, project ideas for fund-raising and service, awareness activities, fact sheets, and resources…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Higher Education, Homeless People, Housing Needs
Shumer, Robert; Berkas, Thomas H. – 1992
This workbook is designed to introduce service learning practitioners to the evaluation process and to help practitioners generate a local support network. The design portion guides the practitioner through a self-directed study for their own program and is formatted for use with or without a formal training session. The workbook is divided into…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation, Inservice Education
Dunlap, Nancy Cassity – 1998
This guide describes two initiatives linking the school with the community: school-to-work and service learning. Section 1 provides a history of community education and the opportunity it provides for local citizens and community organizations to become active partners in addressing educational and community concerns. Section 2 describes the…
Descriptors: Community Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Prudential Foundation, Newark, NJ. – 2000
This packet contains lesson plans with real-life service projects that students can do throughout the school year, from September 2000 to August 2001. The lesson plans in the packet provide teachers with flexibility to offer them to students as young as grade 5 and as old as grade 12. The lesson plans, although essentially social studies, service…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, School Community Relationship, Secondary Education, Service Learning
Points of Light Foundation, Washington, DC. – 1995
This resource booklet is to assist agencies and schools in creating service-learning opportunities for youth to enhance and build upon the classroom education. The document includes sections on: (1) "Youth Serving Communities"; (2) "What is Service Learning?"; (3) "A Win-Win Opportunity"; (4) "Agency Concerns about Service Learning"; (5) "What…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship, Community Cooperation, Community Programs
Points of Light Foundation, Washington, DC. – 1992
This handbook is to assist agencies and schools in developing coalitions for Youth Engaged in Service, to build better citizens and healthier communities. Seven examples of the community building process are presented to demonstrate what others have tried. Highlighted communities include: (1) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; (2) New York, New York; (3)…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship, Community Cooperation, Community Programs
Points of Light Foundation, Washington, DC. – 1990
This handbook accompanies a videotape that shows teenagers stressing community involvement, motivation, and rewards of community action. The booklet is to assist agencies and schools in developing coalitions for youth engaged in community service, to help build better citizens and healthier communities. The booklet is divided into: (1)…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship, Community Cooperation, Community Programs
Points of Light Foundation, Washington, DC. – 1990
This handbook accompanies a videotape which shows teenagers stressing community involvement, motivation and the rewards of community action. The booklet is to assist agencies and schools in developing coalitions for youth engaged in community service, to help build better citizens and healthier communities. The booklet is divided into: (1)…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship, Community Cooperation, Community Programs
Points of Light Foundation, Washington, DC. – 1990
This handbook accompanies a videotape that shows teenagers stressing community involvement, motivation, and the rewards of community action. The booklet is to assist agencies and schools in developing coalitions for youth engaged in community service, to help build better citizens and healthier communities. The booklet is divided into: (1)…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship, Community Cooperation, Community Programs