LibGuides: Service Learning: Further reading

Books

These print and e-books about service learning are part of the Murray State University Libraries' collection. If there's an item you would like to suggest that we purchase, please use this link:

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E-books

Service-Learning Essentials [ebook] by Barbara Jacoby
ISBN: 9781118944028
Publication Date: 2014
Going Public [ebook] by Hiram E. Fitzgerald & Judith Primavera (Eds.)
ISBN: 9781609173791
Publication Date: 2013

Print Books

Building Partnerships for Service-Learning by Barbara C. Jacoby
Call Number: LC221 J33 2003
ISBN: 0787958905
Academic Service Learning: A Pedagogy of Action and Reflection by Robert A. Rhoads (Editor); Jeffrey P. F. Howard (Editor)
Call Number: LC221 A23 1998
ISBN: 9780787942762

Featured articles available through Murray State Library Databases

Recent articles on service learning from our subscription databases.

Business

Pope-Ruark, R., Ransbury, P., Brady, M., & Fishman, R. (2014). Student and Faculty Perspectives on Motivation to Collaborate in a Service-Learning Course. Business Communication Quarterly, 77(2), 129-149. doi:10.1177/2329490614530463
This case study explores student motivations to collaborate with both peer teams and community partners in a service-learning course.
Nicholls, J., & Schimmel, K. (2012). Match/Mismatch of the College Business Student Service-Learning Experiences. Journal Of Higher Education Theory & Practice, 12(6), 91-99.
This paper explores the role of the college service-learning experience as a driver of future volunteering decisions. Utilizing the service-learning context and a sample of 157 business students, the TMI is used as a pre-post functional motivation measure.
Cyphert, D. (2006). Real clients, real management, real failure: The risks and rewards of service learning. Business Communication Quarterly, 69(2), 185-189. doi:10.1177/108056990606900207
The article reports on the advantages and challenges found in service learning projects, especially in business communication courses.
Sabbaghi, O. O., Cavanagh S. J., G. C., & Hipskind S. J., T. H. (2013). Service-Learning and Leadership: Evidence from Teaching Financial Literacy. Journal Of Business Ethics, 118(1), 127-137. doi:10.1007/s10551-012-1545-6
We provide an empirical investigation of leadership characteristics and social justice issues in the context of financial literacy service-learning.
Lee, R. r. (2012). Experience is a Good Teacher: Integrating Service and Learning in Information Systems Education. Journal Of Information Systems Education, 23(2), 165-176.
This study investigates the impacts of service-learning on student learning and development outcomes in a junior- level systems design course.

Education

Bartolome, S. s. (2013). Growing Through Service: Exploring the Impact of a Service-Learning Experience on Preservice Educators. Journal Of Music Teacher Education, 23(1), 79-91. doi:10.1177/1057083712471951
The purpose of this case study was to explore the experiences of undergraduates enrolled in a music education fundamentals course featuring a significant service-learning component.
Tinkler, A., Tinkler, B., Gerstl-Pepin, C., & Mugisha, V. M. (2014). The Promise of a Community-Based, Participatory Approach to Service-Learning in Teacher Education. Journal Of Higher Education Outreach & Engagement, 18(2), 209-232.
This article reports on how one teacher education program utilized a Learn and Serve America grant to embed servicelearning experiences into its practices.
Stenhouse, V. L., & Jarrett, O. S. (2012). In the Service of Learning and Activism: Service Learning, Critical Pedagogy, and the Problem Solution Project. Teacher Education Quarterly, 39(1), 51-76.
The article reports on the first five years of a program instituted by the authors, called Problem Solution Project, which seeks to introduce new urban educators to service learning and critical pedagogy as a means to affect social change.
Neeper, L. S., & Dymond, S. K. (2012). The Use of Service-Learning Among Special Education Faculty. Teacher Education & Special Education, 35(3), 185-201. doi:10.1177/0888406411430399
The purpose of this study was to describe the use of service-learning (SL) by special education faculty at 4-year colleges and universities across the United States, and to determine faculty attitudes and beliefs about the application of SL in special education.

Humanities and Fine Arts

Sheafer, V. (2014). Using Service Learning to Teach Classic Learning Theories. Psychology Journal, 11(2), 77-82.
You must be a current Murray State faculty member, staff member, or student to access this resource.
Carlson, C., Azriel, J., DeWitt, J., & Swint, K. (2014). An Applied Learning Experience Field Research and Reporting at the 2012 National Party Conventions. International Journal For The Scholarship Of Teaching & Learning, 8(2), 1-24.
You must be a current Murray State faculty member, staff member, or student to access this resource.
Mather, P. C., & Konkle, E. (2013). Promoting Social Justice Through Appreciative Community Service. New Directions For Student Services, 2013(143), 77-88. doi:10.1002/ss.20062
The authors describe ways in which positive psychology and appreciative inquiry inform the pursuit of social justice through community service activities.
Sanders-Bustle, L. (2014). The Making of Art and the Learning of Service as a Symbiotic Process of Becoming. Canadian Review Of Art Education: Research & Issues, 41(1), 56-76.
This qualitative study explores four university art education students' art making processes that evolved as part of servicelearning at a local outreach center for the homeles
Leon, K., & Sura, T. (2013). "We Don't Need Any More Brochures": Rethinking Deliverables in Service-Learning Curricula. WPA: Writing Program Administration - Journal Of The Council Of Writing Program Administrators, 36(2), 59-74.
Drawing on recent scholarship on service learning in writing programs, and on community engagement with new media technologies, this article reflects on the adoption of service-based curricula into first-year writing programs.
Straus, E. E., & Eckenrode, D. M. (2014). Engaging Past and Present: Service-Learning in the College History Classroom. History Teacher, 47(2), 253-266.
The article discusses the U.S. college level teaching methodology of using service-learning to engage classes of history students with the past.
Robbins, C. R. (2012). Expanding Service-Learning in the Humanities among First- Generation, Minority-Population, and Non-Traditional Students: A Mixed-Participation, Mixed-Assessment Model. Interdisciplinary Humanities, 29(3), 24-40.
The article offers the author's insights on the service-learning program in the U.S. She states that as a result of growing demand, program expansion for developing projects related to service-learning were formulated by learning and teaching centers, online media, and publishers.

Nursing and Health Professions

Whitley, M. A., & Walsh, D. S. (2014). A Framework for the Design and Implementation of Service-learning Courses. JOPERD: The Journal Of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 85(4), 34-39. doi:10.1080/07303084.2014.884835
Presents a framework that was developed based on literature in the field of service-learning to provide a foundation for maximizing the benefits to all individuals involved in a kinesiology and physical education teacher education course.
Berrick, J. D., & Durst, W. (2014). Teaching Note-CASA Volunteerism: Preparing MSW Students for Public Child Welfare Practice. Journal Of Social Work Education, 50(1), 176-183. doi:10.1080/10437797.2014.856247
This article describes an initiative taking place in one MSW program where students are encouraged to serve as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA), paired with an individual child or youth in foster care.
Ezeonwu, M., Berkowitz, B., & Vlasses, F. R. (2014). Using an Academic-Community Partnership Model and Blended Learning to Advance Community Health Nursing Pedagogy. Public Health Nursing, 31(3), 272-280. doi:10.1111/phn.12060
This article describes a model of teaching community health nursing that evolved from a long-term partnership with a community with limited existing health programs. The partnership supported RN-BSN students' integration in the community.
Gazley, B., Bennett, T. A., & Littlepage, L. (2013). Achieving the Partnership Principle in Experiential Learning: The Nonprofit Perspective. Journal Of Public Affairs Education, 19(3), 569-579.
This article focuses on the nature of the partnership between campuses and community organizations. We begin with a discussion of how prior literature describes this partnership and then use generalizable community data to explore what host organizations suggest are the most useful partnership characteristics.
Rooks, R. R., & Rael, C. T. (2013). Enhancing curriculum through service learning in the social determinants of health course. Journal Of The Scholarship Of Teaching & Learning, 13(2), 84-101.
Students gained beneficial career development skills with CBOs but needed better preparation for their SLP by increased discussion of their and CBOs' expectations.
Burke, A. S., & Bush, M. D. (2013). Service learning and criminal justice: an exploratory study of student perceptions. Educational Review, 65(1), 56-69. doi:10.1080/00131911.2011.638138
This paper will explore the attitudes and perceptions that Criminal Justice students have toward service learning.
Desmond, K. J., & Stahl, S. A. (2011). Implementing Service Learning Into Human Service Education. Journal Of Human Services, 31(1), 5-16.
This article describes the complementary nature of service learning and human service education.
Pope, W. S., Hendricks, C. S., & Barkley, C. W. (2012). Teaching Ethics through Service Learning. Online Journal Of Health Ethics, 8(1), 1-7.
An exemplar is used to discuss how a service learning assignment was used to demonstrate and evaluate students' understanding of the ethical principle of beneficence.
Fehr, A., Minty, L., Racey, M., Bettger, W., & Newton, G. n. (2014). FoodUCation: A Graduate Level Community Engaged Learning Project. Transformative Dialogues: Teaching & Learning Journal, 7(2), 1-9.
Community engaged learning may be of particular interest in graduate level studies, as students are focused on the development of skills that will be of value in their chosen vocations. In this paper, we describe the development, activities, and impact of a community engaged project called FoodUCation from the graduate student perspective.

Science, Technology, Engineering and Agriculture

Attanayake, C. (2014). Short-Term Service-Learning in an Introductory Mathematics Course. AURCO Journal, 20 32-36.
This study examines the effect of a small-scale service-learning experience on college undergraduates who may have little or no previous mathematics education.
Day, T. (2012). Undergraduate teaching and learning in physical geography. Progress In Physical Geography, 36(3), 305-332. doi:10.1177/0309133312442521
Experiential and service learning, together with fieldwork, offer considerable organizational challenges, but the learning rewards are clear and unchallenged.
NG, B. n. (2012). The application of community service learning in science education. Asia-Pacific Forum On Science Learning & Teaching, 13(2), 1-17.
The community service learning project involved student volunteers to set up a bioreactor for biogas supply within a local community of Chiang Rai, Thailand. In particular, it demonstrates students' reflection and their personal experiences in learning science beyond the classroom.
Sevier, C., Chyung, S. Y., Callahan, J., & Schrader, C. B. (2012). What Value Does Service Learning Have on Introductory Engineering Students' Motivation and ABET Program Outcomes?. Journal Of STEM Education: Innovations & Research, 13(4), 55-70.
A quasi-experimental evaluation study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of using a service learning (SL) method on influencing introductory engineering students' motivation and ABET program outcome.
Overby, A. C., Tucker, E., & Lusby, A. (2011). Issues with Implementing Service Learning into an Agricultural Sciences Equine Program. Journal Of Community Engagement & Higher Education, 3(1), 1-4.
In the spring of 2007 service learning classes were implemented in an equine science program after being funded for animal evacuation and recovery grants.

Study Abroad

Arends, J. j. (2013). Current Research Interests in International Service-Learning. Journal Of Community Engagement & Higher Education, 5(2), 15-24.
The author gathered articles on ISL from high-profile publications and analyzed the methodological lens from which each study was conducted. Using the knowledge-constitutive framework of Jürgen Habermas, each article was categorized as technical, practical, or critical.
Cox, T. T., Murray, L. I., & Plante, J. D. (2014). Undergraduate Student Diversity Paradigm Expansion: The Role of International Service Learning. International Forum Of Teaching & Studies, 10(1), 3-13.
This study investigates the impact of an international service-learning experience on an undergraduate student's self-described worldview.
Sherraden, M., Lough, B. J., & Bopp, A. (2013). Students Serving Abroad: A Framework for Inquiry. Journal Of Higher Education Outreach & Engagement, 17(2), 7-41.
Beginning with an examination of theoretical and empirical research from the fields of international volunteerism, international service-learning, and international study abroad, this article proposes a framework for inquiry on international service programs.
Dean, K. H., & Jendzurski, M. B. (2013). Using Post-Study-Abroad Experiences to Enhance International Study. Honors In Practice, 999-111.
An essay is presented on an international service-learning project in South Africa as part of honors program at West Chester University of Pennsylvania.