Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-146) and index.
Contents
A sense of journey: toward multicultural service learning -- Making distinctions: charity, civic education or community building -- Profiles: four views of multicultural service learning -- What really happens? A look inside mulicultural service learning / James Kilbane -- The spirit of shared control / Joni Clark, Bart Epler, William McCoy, Gwen Paulk, Nancy Slough, Chris Truelock -- The exercise of shared control -- Lessons learned, learning lessons.
Summary
This look at the relationship between service learning and issues of diversity is a virtual blueprint for helping teachers to work better within their diverse classes and to bring increased understanding to diversity issues of all classrooms. This volume shows how the author collaborated with community partners and preservice teachers to jointly construct the service learning supplement to a multicultural education course--from the bottom up.