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Resources and Links

The Genesee Community College Alfred O’Connell Library has the following resources on reserve:

  • American Association for Higher education Series on Service learning in the Disciplines. Ed. Edward Zlotowski. USA: AAHE, 2000.
    Titles in the series:
    • Accounting: Learning By Doing
    • Biology: Life Learning and Community
    • Communication Studies: Voices…
    • Composition: Writing the Community
    • Engineering: Projects that Matter
    • Environmental Studies
    • History: Connecting Past and Present
    • Management: Working for the Common Good
    • Medical Education: Creating Community…
    • Nursing: Caring and Community
    • Peace Studies: Teaching For Justice
    • Political science: Experiencing Citizens
    • Psychology: With Service in Mind
    • Religious Studies: From Cloister to Community
    • Sociology: Cultivating the Sociological
    • Spanish: Construyendo Puentes
    • Women’s Studies: The Practice of Change

  • Coles, Robert. The Call of Service. Boston: Houghton, 1993.
  • Gottlieb, Karla and Gail Robinson. Integrating Civic Responsibility into the Curriculum. Washington: American Association of Community Colleges, 2002.

Coming fall 2005:

“Education for What? Learning Social Responsibility (DVD).

Shot on location on six urban campuses across the country, this new film looks at how a broad range of discipline and interdisciplinary programs help engage students in service and service-learning. Reproduced in convenient DVD format, Education for What? is an ideal faculty development tool for campuses seeking to create or expand community-based teaching and learning programs.

An accompanying discussion guide provides context and allows campuses to explore issues specific to their institutional type. This discussion guide and DVD are exciting tools for new and seasoned practitioners to examine the complex issues of service, politics, and civic engagement.

Winner of the prestigious Bronze Plaque at the 2004 Columbus International Film & Video Festival.

Engaged Department Toolkit (and supplemental CD-ROM).

This handbook is designed to help departments develop strategies for including community-based work in their teaching and scholarship, making community-based experiences a standard expectation for majors, and encouraging civic engagement and progressive change at the departmental level. It acts as both a resource and a curriculum, assisting others in replicating the Engaged Department Institutes offered nationwide by Campus Compact. The toolkit comes with a CD-ROM with key information from the text as well as PowerPoint slides and sample documents that can be adapted to meet the needs of individual departments. Click here to view the Table of Contents. By Rick Battistoni, Sherril Gelmon, John Saltmarsh, Jon Werg. 2003. 93 pages.

Introduction to Service-Learning Toolkit: Readings and Resources for Faculty (Second Edition).

This new revised edition of our bestselling book brings together the best, most up-to-date writing and resources on service-learning, from learning theory and pedagogy to practical guidance on how to implement service-learning in the classroom. This edition reflects the tremendous growth in service-learning that has occurred since the first Toolkit was published in 2000. In addition to updated material throughout, this volume includes expanded chapters on community partnerships, student development, and redesigning curriculum, as well as two new chapters—one exploring the connection between service-learning and civic engagement and the other focusing on community-based research. Revised and expanded recommended reading lists, broken down by topic, bring readers a wealth of print and online resources for further study. The Introduction to Service-Learning Toolkit is an essential resource for faculty and administrators who wish to be part of the growing movement toward civic engagement in higher education. Click here to view sections of the Toolkit online. 2003. 304 pages.

Below is a list of additional resources you might want to consult for more information about service learning and community service activities.