This qualitative study examines service-learning reflections of 34 preservice teachers enrolled in a senior-level educator preparation course at a public university in the southern United States. Participants reflected on their experiences with an early literacy service-learning project with children in crisis situations. The service-learning…

This manuscript discusses how the use of service-learning in social work macro practice courses provided a foundation for the transformation of ourselves as instructors. By transforming macro practice courses with service learning components, our central goal was to help students improve their self-efficacy in macro practice skills and, therefore,…

Service-learning has been covered extensively in the literature and, to a lesser extent, in social work curricula. What is missing from the discourse is a discussion of students' perceptions of service-learning, particularly as it is situated within a human diversity course and occurs at their field education site. Based on the qualitative reports…