CAE Library

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The Advances in Service-Learning Research book series was established to initiate the publication of a set of comprehensive research volumes that would present and discuss a wide range of issues in this broad field called service-learning. Service-learning is a multifaceted pedagogy that crosses all levels of schooling, has potential relevance to all academic and professional disciplines, is connected to a range of dynamic social issues, and operates within a broad range of community contexts.

Service-Learning: The Essence of the Pedagogy

edited by Andrew Furco and Shelley H. Billig

This volume, the first in the series, explores various themes, issues, and answers that bring us one step closer to understanding the essence of service-learning. The chapters of this volume focus on a broad range of topics that address a variety of research issues on service-learning in K-12 education, teacher education, and higher education. Through a wide-scoped research lens, the volume explores definitional foundations of service-learning, theoretical issues regarding service-learning, the impacts of service-learning, and methodological approaches to studying service-learning. Collectively, the chapters of the book provide varying and, at times, opposing perspectives on some of the critical issues regarding service-learning research and practice.

Advancing Knowledge in Service-Learning: Research to Transform the Field

Edited by Karen McKnight Casey, Georgia Davidson, Shelley H. Billig, and Nicole C. Springer

The chapters in this book all demonstrate just how far service-learning research has come. Researchers, practitioners, and students alike have benefited from its dissemination and use the research to improve practice. The research does not simply inform educators how to create a better pedagogy. Rather, it informs a service-learning practice that can transform both individuals and institutions.

Deconstructing Service-Learning: Research Exploring Context, Participation, and Impacts

Edited by Shelley H. Billig and Janet Eyler

This book, the third volume in the series, presents service-learning research that focuses on units of analysis ranging from the individual student to the community partnership. Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methodologies are used to explore a variety of issues, and attention has been paid to the theoretical context for inquiry.