Patti H. Clayton

The 2nd half of volume 2 focuses on research on communities and SL (community outcomes of SL and examining SL from the perspective of community organization capacity); research on institutions of higher education and SL (improving research on SL institutionalization through attention to theories of organizational change,the engaged department, and research on institutional leadership for SL); and research on partnerships and SL (conceptual frameworks for partnerships in SL, organizational partnerships in SL, and student partnerships in SL). Part 1 from volume 2A is reprinted in volume 2B.… (mehr)

Research on Service-Learning - Volume 2 is published in 2 separate books (Vol. 2A and 2B). There are three larger sections in volume 2A: 1) Orientation to Research on Service-Learning (which includes a chapter on an introduction to Service-Learning [SL] research and attributes of high-quality research on SL; 2) is Research on Students and Service-Learning (which includes chapters on research and teoretical perspectives on cognitive outcomes of SL, conceptualizing , assessing, and investigating academic learning in SL, civic learning through SL, investigatin personal development outcomes in SL, and framing and assessing students' intercultural competence in SL); 3) is about Research on Faculty and SL (which includes chpaters on investigating faculty development for SL, research on faculty motivations for SL and community engagement, and theoretical perspectives and research on faculty learning in SL).

The volume is useful for those newer to research in SL and to those conducting a review of related literature in SL.… (mehr)