From Passion to Objectivity: International and Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Service-Learning Research (Hc) (Advances in Service-Learning Research) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1593118465 ISBN 13: 9781593118464

Publisher: Information Age Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

This volume is the seventh in the Advances in Service-Learning Research series, and presents a collection of papers selected from those presented at the Sixth International Service-learning Research, hosted by Portland State University in Portland, Oregon in October 2006. The theme of the conference, which is also the title of this volume, was "From Passion to Objectivity: International and Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Service- Learning Research." This theme was selected to showcase several important topics in contemporary servicelearning and community engagement research. Of key importance is the way in which the chapters selected for this volume reflect the evolution and maturation of research in the field of service-learning-moving from descriptive narratives of the passion for addressing social problems and inequities that was evident in much of the early research (and is still reflected today) to increasingly sophisticated research that draws on multiple methodologies, presents solid evidence, and offers the basis for replication and further exploration through future research.

About this title

About the Author:

Sherril Gelmon is Associate Professor of Public Health in the Department of Public Administration at Portland State University. She is a nationally recognized consultant on assessment and serves as a judge for the national Malcolm Baldridge Award program.

About this edition

• Publisher: Information Age Publishing
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1593118465
• ISBN 13: 9781593118464
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 276
• Editor: Gelmon Dr Sherril B, Billig Shelley H