The following resources are collected here to shed light on the theories and practices of service-learning, and to facilitate the integration of service into curriculum. This list will keep growing, so please check it out often!
- Toolkits, Fact Sheets, and Databases
- Critical Discussions and Resources
- Service-Learning in the Disciplines
Toolkits, Fact Sheets, and Databases
- “Service-Learning: A Toolkit” (from the SUNY University Faculty Senate)
- What is Service Learning? (from the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse)
- “At A Glance: What We Know about The Effects of Service-Learning on College Students, Faculty, Institutions and Communities, 1993-2000: Third Edition.”
- Campus Compact Resources for Faculty
- Campus Compact Resources for Students
- Reflection in Higher Education Service-Learning (fact sheet from the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse)
- Using Reflective Writing in Service Learning (a guide from the Writing Across the Curriculum clearinghouse)
- Faculty Toolkit for Service-Learning in Higher Education (from the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse)
- Developing Service-Learning Scholarship: Actions and Issues to Consider
- Publishing on Service-Learning: resources and opportunities
Critical Discussions and Resources
- The Michigan Journal of Community Service-Learning, homepage
- “Does Service-Learning Enhance Student Performance in the Classroom?” by Mary McHugh
- "The Humanities and Service-Learning: Whence and Whither?" by V. A. Howard
- Bibliography of Impacts and Outcomes of Service-Learning in Higher Education
- Bibliography of Reflection in Service-Learning
- Bibliography of Sector-Specific Service-Learning Research (scroll down the list for sources that address Community-Specific impacts and outcomes)
- An Article about Assessing Student Learning and some advice for Evaluating Student Work
Service-Learning in the Disciplines
- Ideas for Service-Learning in Capstones: from Campus Compact, and UTM examples,
- Chemistry
- Biology
- Math
- Exercise Science
- Philosophy [Kirby, Katherine E. "Encountering and Understanding Suffering: The Need for Service Leaning in Ethical Education." Teaching Philosophy 32, no. 2 (June 2009): 153-176. MLA International Bibliography, EBSCOhost (accessed June 3, 2010)].
- Spanish [Beebe, Rose Marie, and Elena M. De Costa. "Teaching beyond the Classroom: The Santa Clara University Eastside Project Community Service and the Spanish Classroom." Hispania: A Journal Devoted to the Teaching of Spanish and Portuguese 76, no. 4 (December 1993): 884-891. MLA International Bibliography, EBSCOhost (accessed June 3, 2010).]
- Teacher Education and Service-Learning
- Discipline-Specific Service-Learning Resources (a bibliography of resources for s.l. in various disciplines)
- Sample Syllabi from Across the Disciplines
- "101 Ideas for Combining Service and Learning" (a list of ideas organized by discipline)
- "The Humanities and Citizenship: A Challenge for Service-Learning" by George. B. Handley