Beyond the Tower: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Philosophy

This practical guide is intended for faculty and service-learning directors, combining the how-to information and rigorous intellectual framework that teachers seek. What distinguishes this volume is that the contributors are writing for their peers. They discuss how service-learning can be implemented within philosophy and what philosophy contributes to the pedagogy of service-learning. The book offers both theoretical background and practical pedagogical chapters which describe the design, implementation, and outcomes of philosophical service-learning programs, as well as annotated bibliographies, program descriptions and course syllabi.

Irene E. Harvey is an associate professor at Penn State University. She has published a book entitled Derrida and the Economy of Difference and numer­ous articles on deconstruction, postmodernism, and contemporary French thought. C. David Lisman is the director of the service-learning program at the University of Denver and a member of the editorial board of the Michigan Journal of Community Service Leaming. His publications include The Curricular Integration of Ethics and Toward a Civil Society: Civic Literacy and Civic Leaming.