Felicia L. Wilczenski, Susan M. Coomey

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A Practical Guide to Service Learning (eBook, PDF)

Strategies for Positive Development in Schools

Beschreibung

Ensuring that all students achieve their full academic potential is no small feat. Service learning - an experiential approach to education that involves students in meaningful, real-world activities - can advance social, emotional, and academic curricula goals while simultaneously benefiting the students and their communities. This book describes how service learning, which is an intervention that can be remedial or preventive and individual or systemic, can enable school psychologists, counseling and educational professionals to expand their roles from working with special populations to serving students within the academic mainstream. Numerous case studies highlight change processes in schools and communities. The book also includes sample practice materials and forms for organizing and assessing service learning activities. A Practical Guide to Service Learning will be useful to school psychologists, counselors, allied educational and mental health practitioners, and anyone who works with children in schools.

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Autor

Felicia L. Wilczenski, Ed.D., is an Associate Professor on the faculty of the School Psychology Program and Director of the School Counseling Program in the Department of Counseling and School Psychology in the Graduate College of Education at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She is author of numerous articles addressing social and emotional interventions in K-12 settings. Dr. Wilczenski is interested in service learning applications in school-based mental health programs and incorporates service learning in her graduate courses. She has conducted research and published articles concerning service learning processes and outcomes.

Susan M. Coomey, M.Ed., is currently employed as a school psychologist in the Shrewsbury MA Public Schools and is a graduate student at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Her research interests focus on service learning to promote social, emotional, and academic learning in K-12 settings. She has presented research at national and international service learning conferences.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer US
• Seitenzahl: 173
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780387465401
• Artikelnr.: 37287671

Rezensionen

From the reviews: "The text has several positive features. First, the authors' writing style is engaging ... . Second, the authors do a good job of describing the different theories, conceptualizations, and principles of service learning ... . Third, this text is a good repository of practical tips and helpful guidelines. ... makes an important contribution in recognizing service learning as a potentially important intervention with relevance for researchers, educators and school mental health staff. ... It should be useful for anyone wishing to augment students' educational development." (Joseph A. Durlak and Christine I. Celio, PsycCRITIQUES, March, 2008)