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Direct linkCohan, Audrey, Ed.; Honigsfeld, Andrea, Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2011
This unique collection of chapters takes the reader on a tour to explore innovative preservice and inservice teacher education practices from many regions of the United States, Canada and the world. Each of the chapters offers an authentic, documentary account of successful initiatives that break the traditional mold of teacher education. Section…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Education, Program Descriptions, Vignettes
Download full textBrown, David W., Ed.; Witte, Deborah, Ed. – Kettering Foundation, 2008
"Higher Education Exchange" publishes case studies, analyses, news, and ideas about efforts within higher education to develop more democratic societies. Contributors to this issue of the "Higher Education Exchange" examine whether institutions of higher learning are doing anything to increase the capacity of citizens to shape…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Democracy, Public Health, Partnerships in Education
Guarasci, Richard, Ed.; Cornwell, Grant H., Ed. – 1997
This collection of seven essays focuses on programs that attempt to increase undergraduates' understanding of social differences while building a sense of campus community. "Democracy and Difference: Emerging Concepts of Identity, Diversity, and Community" (Richard Guarasci and Grant H. Cornwell) outlines the essential argument for a new…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, College Programs, College Students, Cultural Pluralism
Bartsch, Julie – 2001
This guide was developed to share successful Community Service Learning (CSL) instructional practices. It presents units that can be replicated and adapted for varying grade levels and curricular goals. The guide notes that as students use newly acquired academic knowledge and skills to address real issues in their communities, they often gain…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Descriptions
Kendall, Jane C., Ed.; And Others – 1990
This publication is the second of three volumes of a resource book intended for anyone who wants to start, strengthen, or support a program or course that combines community or public service with learning. This volume, which is organized in four parts, provides a variety of practical issues and ideas for programs and courses that combine service…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), College Programs, Community Services, Course Descriptions
Sigmon, Robert L.; And Others – 1996
This collection of 17 papers focuses on the important role of service-learning in the education of students at liberal arts colleges, drawing on the activities of the Learning and Service Alliance sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC). They include: (1) "An Introduction to Service-Learning" (Robert L. Sigmon); (2)…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Liberal Arts, Private Colleges, Program Descriptions
Ayers, George E., Ed.; Ray, David B., Ed. – 1996
This report presents the perspectives of three educators from historically black colleges and universities on the advancement of community service and service-learning in higher education. Each of the essays is introduced by a leader in the service-learning community. They include: (1) "Curriculum Transformation and Service Learning"…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Black Colleges, College Role, Colleges
Rycik, James A., Ed.; Irvin, Judith L., Ed. – 2001
Compiled to help staff developers, administrators, teachers, and policy makers reexamine current literacy practices and reimagine how they can work with each other and with parents and community members, this collection of 22 previously published articles from various professional journals and one new article offers examples of how educators can…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Content Area Reading, High Risk Students
Kinsley, Carol W., Ed.; McPherson, Kate, Ed. – 1995
In this practical guide to service learning, 21 contributors describe specific service-learning projects that have enhanced the curriculum in schools across the United States and that have improved student learning in the process. In the Foreword, U.S. Secretary of Education, Richard W. Riley, encourages schools to incorporate service learning…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Adult Education, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development
Regional Laboratory for Educational Improvement of the Northeast & Islands, Andover, MA. – 1995
This packet includes reprints of articles concerning the development of a caring and ethical rural school community. The four sections of the packet overview theories and rationale for developing a caring classroom, successful programs in ethical schools and classrooms, leadership and decision making for building a caring and ethical school…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Conflict Resolution, Consciousness Raising, Educational Environment
