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Recommended Resources

There is a growing body of Service-Learning scholarship demonstrating the transformative learning that results from linking experiences that address community needs with learning outcomes. The following resources are available to download or reserve from JMU Libraries and the Community Engagement & Volunteer Center. Contact CEVC (cevc@jmu.edu) for more specific recommendations by topic or level (surface, strategic, or in-depth).

 

 

Berkey, B., Meixner, C., Green, P. M., & Eddins Rountree, E. (Eds.). (2018). Reconceptualizing faculty development in service-learning/community engagement: Exploring intersections, frameworks, and models of practice. Stylus Publishing. Available at CEVC and through JMU Libraries.

Brantmeier, E. J., & Brantmeier, N. K. (2021). Culturally competent engagement: A mindful approach. Information Age Publishing, Incorporated. Available through JMU Libraries.

Britt, L. L. (2012). Why we use service-learning: A report outlining a typology of three approaches to this form of communication pedagogy. Communication Education, 61(1), 80–88. https://doi.org/10.1080/03634523.2011.632017

Bryan, L. (2018). Citizens afield. Earth Island Journal. https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/magazine/entry/citizens_afield/

Meixner, C., Berkey, R., & Green, P. M. (2018). Dynamics on the edge: Exploring roles and intersections of service-learning and community engagement and educational development. In R. Berkey, C. Meixner, P. M. Green, & E. Eddins Rountree (Eds.), Reconceptualizing faculty development in service-learning/community engagement: Exploring intersections, frameworks, and models of practice. Stylus Publishing. Available through JMU Libraries.

Staton, A. R., & Grande, S. (2017). Enhancing global community engagement through constructivist approaches to education. In A. Lee & R. D. Williams (Eds.), Engaging dissonance: Developing mindful global citizenship in higher education (1st ed., pp. 3–24). Emerald Publishing Limited. Available at CEVC and through JMU Libraries.

Tollefson-Hall, K. L. (2019). Learning together: Intergenerational experiences for pre-service art educators. In J. Bopp, A. M. Grebe, & J. H. Denny (Eds.), Healing Through the Arts for Non-Clinical Practitioners: (pp. 56–73). IGI Global. Available through JMU Libraries.

Tollefson-Hall, K., & Wightman, W. (2013). Enhancing teacher preparation through intergenerational-based service-learning. Journal of Art for Life, 4(1), 20. PDF

Williams, J. (2019). Fitting into the bigger picture: Community engagement efforts among community nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher education through the perspectives of nonprofits. West Chester University Doctoral Projects. https://digitalcommons.wcupa.edu/all_doctoral/50

 

Ash, S. L., & Clayton, P. H. (2009). Generating, deepening, and documenting learning: The power of critical reflection in applied learning. Journal of Applied Learning in Higher Education, 1(1), 25–48. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/4579

Asset-Based Community Development Institute. (n.d.). ABCD toolkit. ABCD Institute, DePaul University. https://resources.depaul.edu/abcd-institute/resources/Pages/tool-kit.aspx

Association of American Colleges and Universities. (2009). Civic engagement VALUE rubric. https://www.aacu.org/civic-engagement-value-rubric

Astin, A. W., Vogelgesang, L. J., Ikeda, E. K., & Yee, J. A. (2000). How service learning affects students: Executive summary.

Berkey, B., Meixner, C., Green, P. M., & Eddins Rountree, E. (Eds.). (2018). Reconceptualizing faculty development in service-learning/community engagement: Exploring intersections, frameworks, and models of practice. Stylus Publishing.

Bradley, J. (1995). A model for evaluating service-learning in academically based service. In M. Troppe (Ed.), Connecting cognition and action: Evaluation of student performance in service-learning courses (p. 21). Campus Compact.

Brantmeier, E. J., & Brantmeier, N. K. (2021). Culturally competent engagement: A mindful approach. Information Age Publishing, Incorporated.

Bringle, R. G., & Clayton, P. H. (2012). Civic education through service learning: What, how, and why? In L. McIlrath, A. Lyons, & R. Munck (Eds.), Higher education and civic engagement: Comparative perspectives (pp. 101–124). Palgrave Macmillan US. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137074829_7

Bringle, R. G., Clayton, P. H., & Price, M. F. (2009). Partnerships in service learning and civic engagement. Partnerships: A Journal of Service Learning & Civic Engagement., 1(1).

Bringle, R. G., & Hatcher, J. A. (1996). Implementing service learning in higher education. The Journal of Higher Education, 67(2), 221–239. https://doi.org/10.2307/2943981

Bringle, R. G., Hatcher, J. A., & McIntosh, R. E. (2006). Analyzing Morton’s typology of service paradigms and integrity. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 13(1), 5–15. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.3239521.0013.101

Britt, L. L. (2012). Why we use service-learning: A report outlining a typology of three approaches to this form of communication pedagogy. Communication Education, 61(1), 80–88. https://doi.org/10.1080/03634523.2011.632017

Bryan, L. (2018). Citizens afield. Earth Island Journal. https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/magazine/entry/citizens_afield/

Burton, D. (1999). A service learning rubric. VCU Teaching.

Butin, D. W. (Ed.). (2005). Service-learning in higher education: Critical issues and directions. Palgrave Macmillan.

California State University Channel Islands, Center for Community Engagement. (n.d.). Guiding questions for service-learning partnership meetings. https://www.csuci.edu/servicelearning/documents/guiding-questions.pdf

Campus Compact. (2001). Benchmarks for campus/community partnerships (J. Torres, Ed.). Campus Compact.

Campus Compact. (2012). Campus Compact’s introduction to service-learning toolkit: Readings and resources for faculty. Campus Compact.

Celio, C. I., Durlak, J., & Dymnicki, A. (2011). A meta-analysis of the impact of service-learning on students. Journal of Experiential Education, 34(2), 164–181.

Center for Community Health and Development. (n.d.). Community tool box, chapter 3, section 8: Identifying community assets and resources. University of Kansas. Retrieved May 14, 2020, from https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/assessment/assessing-community-needs-and-resources/identify-community-assets/main

Center for Community Service-Learning at CSU Northridge. (n.d.). Potential student learning outcomes for service. California State University, Northridge.

Clayton, P. H. (2017, May 9). Community members on SLCE partnerships. Elon University Center for Engaged Learning. https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/community-members-on-slce-partnerships/

Clayton, P. H., Bringle, R. G., & Hatcher, J. A. (Eds.). (2013). Research on service learning: Conceptual frameworks and assessment: communities, institutions, and partnerships (1st ed.). Stylus Pub.

Clayton, P. H., Bringle, R. G., Senor, B., Huq, J., & Morrison, M. (2010). Differentiating and assessing relationships in service-learning and civic engagement: Exploitative, transactional, or transformational. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 16(2), 5–22. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.3239521.0016.201

Collier, P. J., & Williams. (2013). Part three, chapters 6-8: Facilitating learning & meaning-making inside and outside the classroom. In C. M. Cress, P. J. Collier, & V. L. Reitenauer, Learning through serving: A student guidebook for service-learning and civic engagement across academic disciplines and cultural communities (Second edition). Stylus Pub.

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health. (2021). Principles of Partnering. https://ccphealth.org/95-2/principles-of-partnering/

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health Board of Directors. (2013). Position statement on authentic partnerships. Community-Campus Partnerships for Health. https://www.ccphealth.org/principles-of-partnership/

Cone, D., & Harris, S. (1996). Service-Learning practice: A theoretical framework. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 3(1). http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.3239521.0003.104

Creighton, S. (2008). The scholarship of community partner voice. Higher Education Exchange, 12–22.

Cress, C. M. (2013a). Learning through serving: A student guidebook for service-learning and civic engagement across academic disciplines and cultural communities (2nd ed.). Stylus Pub.

Cress, C. M. (2013b). What are service-learning and civic engagement? In C. M. Cress, P. J. Collier, & V. L. Reitenauer, Learning through serving: A student guidebook for service-learning and civic engagement across academic disciplines and cultural communities (Second edition, pp. 9–18). Stylus Pub.

Cress, C. M., & Donahue, D. M. (Eds.). (2011). Democratic dilemmas of teaching service-learning: Curricular strategies for success (1st ed.). Stylus Pub.

Cruz, N. (1990). A challenge to the notion of service. In J. C. Kendall (Ed.), Combining service and learning: A resource book for community and public service (pp. 321–323). National Society for Internships and Experiential Education.

Daniels, K., Hicks, K. S., & Plummer, M. T. (2018). Historically Black colleges and universities: A history of community engagement. In C. Dolgon, T. D. Mitchell, & T. K. Eatman (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of service learning and community engagement (pp. 64–70). Cambridge University Press.

Dass, R., & Gorman, P. (1985). How can I help? Stories and reflections on service. Knopf.

Davis, A. (2006). What we don’t talk about when we don’t talk about service. In A. Davis & E. Lynn (Eds.), The civically engaged reader. Great Books Foundation.

Deegan, M. J. (2018). Jane Addams, Feminist pragmatism, and Service-Learning. In C. Dolgon, T. D. Mitchell, & T. K. Eatman (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of service learning and community engagement (pp. 51–63). Cambridge University Press.

Dewey, J. (1916). Democracy and education: An introduction to the philosophy of education. Macmillan.

Dewey, J. (1938). Experience and education. Macmillan.

Dolgon, C. (2018). Introduction to Part I. In C. Dolgon, T. D. Mitchell, & T. K. Eatman (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of service learning and community engagement (pp. 15–19). Cambridge University Press.

Dolgon, C., Mitchell, T. D., & Eatman, T. K. (Eds.). (2018). The Cambridge handbook of service learning and community engagement. Cambridge University Press.

Donahue, D. M., & Mitchell, T. D. (2010). Critical S-L as a tool for identity exploration. Diversity and Democracy, 13(2). https://www.aacu.org/publications-research/periodicals/critical-service-learning-tool-identity-exploration

Donahue, D. M., & Plaxton-Moore, S. (2018a). Benefits: What we gain from community-engaged learning. In D. M. Donohue & S. Plaxton-Moore, The student companion to community-engaged learning: What you need to know for transformative learning and real social change (First edition, pp. 23–30). Stylus Publishing.

Donahue, D. M., & Plaxton-Moore, S. (2018b). Imperatives: Why we do community-engaged learning. In D. M. Donohue & S. Plaxton-Moore, The student companion to community-engaged learning: What you need to know for transformative learning and real social change (First edition, pp. 7–22). Stylus Publishing.

Donahue, D. M., & Plaxton-Moore, S. (2018c). The student companion to community-engaged learning: What you need to know for transformative learning and real social change (1st ed.). Stylus Publishing.

Dostilio, L. D., Welch, M., & Dostilio, L. D. (2018). The community engagement professional’s guidebook: A companion to “The community engagement professional in higher education” (1st ed.). Campus Compact.

Eyler, J. S. (2009). The power of experiential education. Liberal Education, 95(4), 24–31.

Eyler, J. S., & Giles, D. E., Jr. (1999). Where’s the learning in service-learning? Jossey-Bass.

Eyler, J. S., Giles, D. E., Jr., & Schmiede, A. (Eds.). (1996a). A practitioner’s guide to reflection in service-learning: Student voices & reflections. Vanderbilt University.

Eyler, J. S., Giles, D. E., Jr., & Schmiede, A. (Eds.). (1996b). Reflection and service-learning. In A practitioner’s guide to reflection in service-learning: Student voices & reflections (pp. 13–21). Vanderbilt University.

Fitzgerald, H. E., Smith, P., Book, P., Rodin, K., & CIC Committee on Engagement. (2005). Draft CIC report: Resource guide and recommendations for defining and benchmarking engagement. Committee on Institutional Cooperation.

Freire, P. (1970). Pedagogy of the oppressed (M. B. Ramos, Trans.). Continuum. (Original work published 1968).

Furco, A. (1996). Service-learning: A balanced approach to experiential education. In Corporation for National and Community Service & B. Taylor (Eds.), Expanding boundaries: Serving and learning (pp. 2–6). Cooperative Education Association.

Grande, S. E. (2011). Discussion board grading rubric. James Madison University.

Green, A. E. (2003). Difficult stories: Service-learning, race, class, and whiteness. College Composition and Communication, 55(2), 276. https://doi.org/10.2307/3594218

Green, P. M., & Johnson, M. (Eds.). (2014). Crossing boundaries: Tension and transformation in international service-learning (1st ed.). Stylus Publishing, LLC.

Gust, S., & Jordan, C. (2006). The community impact statement: A tool for creating healthy partnerships. University of Minnesota.

Hahn, T. W., Hatcher, J. A., Price, M. F., & Studer, M. L. (2016). IUPUI taxonomy for service learning courses. https://rise.iupui.edu/resources/course-development/taxonomies/

Hatcher, J. A., & Bringle, R. G. (1997). Reflection: Bridging the Gap between Service and Learning. College Teaching, 45(4), 153–158. https://doi.org/10.1080/87567559709596221

Hatcher, J. A., Bringle, R. G., & Hahn, T. W. (Eds.). (2017). Research on student civic outcomes in service learning: Conceptual frameworks and methods (1st ed.). Stylus Publishing, LLC.

Hernandez, K. (2018). Service learning as a political act in education: Bicultural foundations for a decolonizing pedagogy. Routledge.

Howard, J. (Ed.). (2001a). Matrix 3B: Exemplars—Purposeful civic learning objectives. In Service-learning course design workbook (p. 42). Office of Community Service Learning (OCSL) Press. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.3239521.spec.201

Howard, J. (Ed.). (2001b). Principles of good practice for service-learning pedagogy. In Service-learning course design workbook (pp. 16–19). Office of Community Service Learning (OCSL) Press. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.3239521.spec.201

Hyang, J. (2015, January 27). Teaching visions: Courage and renewal. Natural Wisdom. http://naturalwisdom.blogspot.com/2015/01/teaching-visions-courage-and-renewal.html

Institute for Experiential Learning. (n.d.). What is experiential learning? Retrieved March 26, 2021, from https://experientiallearninginstitute.org/resources/what-is-experiential-learning/

Jacoby, B. (2014). Service-learning essentials: Questions, answers, and lessons learned (1st ed.). Jossey-Bass.

Jacoby, B. (2015). Understanding and facilitating critical reflection. In B. Jacoby, Service-learning essentials: Questions, answers, and lessons learned (1st ed., pp. 26–50). Jossey-Bass.

Jacoby, B., & Mutascio, P. (2010). Looking in reaching out: A reflective guide for community service-learning professionals.

JMU Center for Assessment & Research. (n.d.). How to write clear objectives. James Madison University. https://www.jmu.edu/assessment/_files/HowtoWriteClearObjectives.pdf

JMU Civic Engagement Assessment Committee. (2018). Civic engagement learning outcomes. James Madison University. https://www.jmu.edu/civic/_files/civic-engagement-learning-outcomes.pdf

JMU Student Affairs Assessment Support Services. (n.d.). Specification of Student Learning Outcomes. Retrieved August 4, 2021, from https://www.jmu.edu/assessment/sass/AC-step-one.shtml

Kniffin, L., Camo-Biogradlija, J., Price, M. F., Kohl, E., Dickovick, A. D. C., Williams, J., Goodwin, J., Johnson, K. V., Clayton, P. H., & Bringle, R. G. (2020). Relationships and Partnerships in Community–Campus Engagement: Evolving Inquiry and Practice. International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement, 8(1), Article 15. https://doi.org/10.37333/001c.18586

Kolb, D. A. (1984). Experiential learning: Experience as the source of learning and development. Prentice-Hall.

Kowal, M. (2017, May 16). Constructing a service-learning syllabus. IUPUI Service Learning Institute, Indianapolis, IN, United States.

Kraybill, R. S., & Wright, E. (2006). The little book of cool tools for hot topics: Group tools to facilitate meetings when things are hot. Good Books.

Kretzmann, J. P., & McKnight, J. L. (1993). Building communities from the inside out: A path toward finding and mobilizing a community’s assets. Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, Northwestern University.

Lee, A. (Ed.). (2017). Engaging dissonance: Developing mindful global citizenship in higher education (First edition). Emerald Publishing Limited.

Loeb, P. R. (2014). The impossible will take a little while: Perseverance and hope in troubled times (2nd ed.). Basic Books.

McKnight, J. L. (1989). Why “servanthood” is bad. The Other Side, 25(1), 38–40.

Meixner, C., Berkey, R., & Green, P. M. (2018). Dynamics on the edge: Exploring roles and intersections of service-learning and community engagement and educational development. In R. Berkey, C. Meixner, P. M. Green, & E. Eddins Rountree (Eds.), Reconceptualizing faculty development in service-learning/community engagement: Exploring intersections, frameworks, and models of practice. Stylus Publishing.

Mitchell, T. D. (2008). Traditional vs. Critical service-learning: Engaging the literature to differentiate two models. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 14(2), 50–65. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.3239521.0014.205

Mitchell, T. D., & Donahue, D. M. (2018). Ideal and real in service learning: Transforming the ideal based on the real. In C. Dolgon, T. D. Mitchell, & T. K. Eatman (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of service learning and community engagement (pp. 458–469). Cambridge University Press.

Mitchell, T. D., Donahue, D. M., & Young-Law, C. (2012). Service learning as a pedagogy of whiteness. Equity & Excellence in Education, 45(4), 612–629. https://doi.org/10.1080/10665684.2012.715534

Morrison, E. A., & Wagner, W. (2017). A community-engaged faculty typology: A self-referent approach to understanding faculty perspectives. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 23(2), 5–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/mjcsloa.3239521.0023.201

Morton, K. (1995). The irony of service: Charity, project and social change in service-learning. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2(1), 19–32. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.3239521.0002.102

Owen, J. E. (2016). Fostering critical reflection: Moving from a service to a social justice paradigm: Fostering critical reflection. New Directions for Student Leadership, 2016(150), 37–48. https://doi.org/10.1002/yd.20169

Pascarella, E. T., & Terenzini, P. T. (2005). How college affects students: A third decade of research (2nd ed.). Jossey-Bass.

Pompa, L. (2002). Service-Learning as crucible: Reflections on immersion, context, power, and transformation. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 9(1), 67–76.

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Public Purpose Institute. (2021). Community engagement classification (U.S.). https://public-purpose.org/initiatives/carnegie-elective-classifications/community-engagement-classification-u-s/

Rolfe, G., Freshwater, D., & Jasper, M. (2001). Critical reflection for nursing and the helping professions: A user’s guide. Palgrave.

Rubin, M. S. (2001). A smart start to service-learning. New Directions for Higher Education, 2001(114), 15–26. https://doi.org/10.1002/he.9

Seifer, S. D., & Connors, K. (Eds.). (2007). Community campus partnerships for health. Faculty toolkit for service-learning in higher education. National Service-Learning Clearinghouse.

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Staton, A. R., & Grande, S. (2017). Enhancing global community engagement through constructivist approaches to education. In A. Lee & R. D. Williams (Eds.), Engaging dissonance: Developing mindful global citizenship in higher education (1st ed., pp. 3–24). Emerald Publishing Limited.

Stewart, T., & Webster, N. (Eds.). (2011). Problematizing service-learning: Critical reflections for development and action. Information Age Pub.

Stith, M., Emmerling, D., & Malone, D. (2018). Duke critical conversations tool. Duke Service-Learning. https://servicelearning.duke.edu/sites/servicelearning.duke.edu/files/site-images/Critical%20Conversations%20Tool.pdf

Stoecker, R. (2013). Research methods for community change: A project-based approach (2nd ed.). Sage Publications.

Stoecker, R. (2016). Liberating service learning and the rest of higher education civic engagement. Temple University Press.

Stoecker, R., Tryon, E. A., & Hilgendorf, A. (Eds.). (2009). The unheard voices: Community organizations and service learning. Temple University Press.

Strand, K., Cutforth, N., Stoecker, R., Marullo, S., & Donohue, P. (2003). Community-based research and higher education: Principles and practices (1st ed). Jossey-Bass.

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Sumka, S., Porter, M. C., & Piacitelli, J. (2015). Working side by side: Creating alternative breaks as catalysts for global learning, student leadership, and social change. Stylus Publishing, LLC.

Teaching and Learning Innovation. (n.d.-a). Service-Learning course design guide. The University of Tennessee Knoxville. Retrieved April 6, 2021, from https://teaching.utk.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/78/2018/04/442930-ServiceLearningGuide-v2.0accessible.pdf

Teaching and Learning Innovation. (n.d.-b). Service-Learning in a nutshell. The University of Tennessee Knoxville. Retrieved February 4, 2021, from https://teaching.utk.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/78/2019/09/SLNutshell.pdf

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Tollefson-Hall, K. L. (2019). Learning together: Intergenerational experiences for pre-service art educators. In J. Bopp, A. M. Grebe, & J. H. Denny (Eds.), Healing Through the Arts for Non-Clinical Practitioners: (pp. 56–73). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5981-8

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Welch, M., & Plaxton-Moore, S. (2019). The craft of community-engaged teaching and learning: A guide for faculty development. Campus Compact.

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