Service-Learning Resources by Discipline

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Anthropology

Anthropological Perspectives on Social Issues: Comparing Philadelphia with the USA and the World
Campus Compact Syllabi by Discipline.

Anthropology 210: Biomedical Science and Human Adaptability
Course syllabus for a class that will deal with the issues of community health, its evaluation, and the implementation of strategies for effecting change.

Public Interest Anthropology: A Boasian Service-Learning Initiative
This paper describes the theoretical rationale and practice related to two connected anthropology courses at the University of Pennsylvania and University City High School, a predominantly African-American school on Penn's borders.

Art

Art Service-Learning Project Ideas
There are many ways service-learning can promote creativity and give students an opportunity to explore art! Here are just a few ideas.

Boise State Art Students Take Service-Learning to Deer Flat Wildlife Refuge in Nampa
Art students at Boise State University completed more than a dozen pieces of metal art for the refuge that were inspired by the species who call it home.

Constructing Professional Identity in Art Therapy Through Service-Learning and Practica[pdf]
Article by the Journal of the American Art Therapy Association that chronicles a Service-Learning project designed to help develop the students' professional identity.

Sojourning in the Art World: Service Learning in the Philosophy of Art
A comical story about a Trinity College professor's purchase of Twinkies as art and how he included it in his Philosophy of Art class. Includes syllabus.

Biology

Science Teaching Educational Research and Service
California State University BIOL 480Service-Learning objectives and strategic plan.

Villanova Magic School
Article about engineering, theatre and science majors at Villanova University creating a school of magic for underprivileged children.

Business

Service Learning and International Business Education
Academic Exchange Quarterly,Spring2004. This paper seeks to explain a unique model for providing international business experience to MBA students using a high-ranking small MBA program in Florida as a case study.

Successful Service Learning Projects in Accounting and Business Curriculums[pdf]
Community College National Center for Community Engagement.

Chemistry

Chemistry & Service-Learning in Higher Education
The National Service-Learning Clearinghouse article about examples of chemistry service-learning projects at the post-secondary level.

Course title: First Year Seminar in Chemistry - Chemistry Through a Child's Eye
Campus CompactChemistry Syllabus for Colorado State University.

Villanova Magic School
Article about theatre and science majors at Villanova University creating a school of magic for underprivileged children.

Computer Science

Service Learning in Computer Science and Engineering[pdf]
Purdue University article addressing challenges faced by faculty trying to integrate Service-Learning into their classes.

Syllabi by Discipline: Computer Science
Southwest Missouri State Universitysyllabus for CSC 450/CSC 300 - Intro. Software Engineering.

Campus Compact Syllabi by Discipline: Computer Science
Georgetown University syllabus for Science and Technology in Contemporary Society course.

Dental Hygiene

A Framework for Service-Learning in Dental Education[pdf]
February 2006 Journal of Dental Education. This article offers a framework for service-learning in dental education and describes ten components that characterize true service-learning in dental and dental hygiene curricula.

DSD 832: Dental Care for Special Needs Populations[pdf]
Patient Care/Service Learning Paper Guidelines.

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
Packed with Service-Learning resources for all health related fields.

Education

Service-learning program gives children a ‘jump start’ into school
University of Wisconsin-Madison article about partnering college students with underprivileged preschoolers.

Speech Communication - Children's Communication Development
Campus Compact Syllabi by Discipline

Service-Learning in Early Childhood Teacher Education[pdf]
Early Childhood Education Journalarticle documenting how Service-Learning is used to prepare education majors.

Education Majors Learn by Helping Others
An article in The Johnsonianshowing howservice-learning gives education majors 'hands on' experience.

Adult Literacy Tutoring: Issues and Methods
Campus Compact Syllabi by Discipline from theU.ofMaryland,Baltimore County.

Service-Learning and Teacher Education
ERIC Digest article that provides a definition and examples of service-learning, examines rationales and approaches, reviews research, and discusses future challenges related to service-learning in teacher education.

Engineering

Service-Learning in Engineering Resources
Campus Compact free resources list with links.

The International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering
The International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering (IJSLE) is a peer-reviewed electronic journal offered free, semi-annually, over the World Wide Web.

EPICS: Service Learning by Design
PurdueUniversityarticle that documents the service goals of the EPICS Program.

English

Adult Literacy Tutoring: Issues and Methods
Campus Compact Syllabi by Discipline from theU.ofMaryland,Baltimore County.

English Service-Learning Project Ideas
Interesting ideas designed for high school that could work for college students as well.

Welcome to English 121, Composition: Social Issues!
U.ofWashingtonsyllabus with an interesting approach to incorporating fresh ideas and Service-Learning.

English for Speakers of Other Languages

Using Service-Learning as Part of an ESL Program
Article by James M Minor from Sacred Heart University illustrating how service-learning 'revitalized its [ESL] curriculum and made a significant impact on students'.

Service-Learning in ESL by Inna Zhabko, Clark College Student[pdf]
Article fromThe Next StepThe Service-Learning Program 2005-2006 Year in Review

Program Models Database: Service-Learning in Communications
ESL and speech communications students deliver government services to new immigrant populations

Gerontology

Intergenerational Service Learning
An article by the University of Iowa School of Social Work about the West Liberty Intergenerational Service Learning Projectwhich involves faculty and students from the University of Iowa with elders, community organizations, and programs from the West Liberty community togive students the opportunity to learn about the strengths and assets of rural communities, about the process of aging in rural communities, and about services for elders in rural areas.

Campus Compact Syllabi by Discipline: Human Development
Mount Saint Mary's College:SOC 189 Gerontology.The instructor uses Service-Learning to challenge students to apply their experience to our guiding theoretical framework of understanding aging as a biopsychosocial process.

Senior-Senior Prom: A Service-Learning Project Example
Realizing that senior citizens experienced feelings of isolation and neglect, the students decided to plan an event to address this problem. For other interesting project ideas, click on the link located on the left, near the top.

Health

Comparative Public Health & Environmental Policy
Example of Campus Compact Syllabi by Discipline that uses Service-Learning to enhance the appreciation of comparative approaches to meeting public health and environmental needs.

Health of Women
Example of Campus Compact Syllabi by Discipline that gives interesting ideas on how to incorporate Service-Learning into classes. Just scroll down near the bottom and you will find them.

History

Service learning: History students help us understand our past.[pdf]
University o fSouthern Indiana newsletter article about history students and service-learning.

Civics and History Resources from NSLC
The National Service-Learning Clearinghouse provides timely resources on topics such as civics and history, evaluation and assessment, partnerships, reflection, and much more.

History Service-Learning Project Ideas
Pennsylvania Service-Learning Alliance ideas for community history projects.

Language

Advanced Spanish Conversation
Example of a Campus Compact Syllabi by Discipline that includes participatory research in the Latino community as a part of the curriculum.

Foreign Language Service-Learning Project Ideas
Pennsylvania Service-Learning suggestions for middle and high school students that would work for college students as well.

Serving the Community and Learning a Foreign Language: Evaluating a Service-Learning Programme[pdf]
A Service-Learning program in Spanish, in which learners of Spanish provide various forms of social services to native speakers in local communities in the target language, is evaluated to assess its impact on learner motivation and attitudes.

Math

Math & Service-Learning in Higher Education
Examples of how to use Service-Learning in mathematics as well as links and resources.

Math Service-Learning Project Ideas
Pennsylvania Service-Learning Alliance suggestions to promote math education for middle and high school students. Includes ideas that would work for college students as well.

Teaching Math Without an Answer Key
An interesting article by Matt Mayberry, a high school math teacher that follows his journey throughincorporating Service-Learning into his curriculum.

Music

Making Music in Southeast Alaska (PDF, 779 KB)
Article documenting how a visit from a Portland musician and his students impacted children in Sitka,Alaska.

The Pianist and the Community: Career Development and Volunteerism
Campus Compact Syllabi by Discipline for a University of Utah music course.

Community Service-Learning: Promising Practices
A project by Massachusetts grade school children that uses music to encourage voter turnout. A good example of a project for Music majors to oversee.

Nursing

Caring and Community: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Nursing[pdf]
AAHE's Series on Service-Learning in the Disciplines. 200 pgs. PDF format.

Philosophy

APA Committee on the Teaching of Philosophy
Opening remarks at APA Panel on "Service-Learning in Philosophy" sponsored by the Committee on Teaching Philosophy, December 29, 1999.

Molloy College PHI 203: Philosophy of Education
Campus Compact Syllabi by Discipline. Includes an interesting web component.

Physical Education

Physical Education Service-Learning Project Ideas
PennsylvaniaService-LearningAlliance.

Course title: Adapted Physical Activity
Campus Compact Syllabi by Discipline :: Physical Education.

A Physical Educator's Perspective of Namibia, Africa
Part of the series "Service Learning for Social Justice".

Physics

Villanova Magic School
Article about theatre and science majors atVillanovacreating a school of magic for underprivileged children.University

Infusing Service-Learning in Science and Engineering and its Impact on Pedagogy and Retention
University of Maryland Eastern Shorearticle that focuses on how SLOPE (Service Learning Opportunities in Physics and Engineering) has integrated service into classes to increase student retention.

Physics Problem-Solving Unit
Service Component: To create a prototype of a new device or product that will solve an educational or physical problem experienced by two intensive special needs students.Curriculum Connections:Exploration and application of scientific principals in the interest of problem solving.

Political Science

Service Learning in Political Science
Links and resources from the American Political Science Association.

Experiencing Citizenship: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Political Science[pdf]
AAHE's Series on Service-Learning in the Disciplines. A collection of essays that focus on the use of service-learning as an approach to teaching and learning in political science.

The "Lived Experience" of Political Engagement[pdf]
A study that seeks to document learning and personal change through critical analysis of detailed narratives.

Psychology

2006 Action Teaching Award Winner
Social Psychology Network award winning Service-Learning ideas. Submitted by Dana C. Leighton.

APA : Service-Learning in Psychology
Information from the American Psychological Association regarding Service-Learning in Psychology.

Service-Learning and Psychology
Article by Tanya Renner Ph.D.aboutteaching with Service-Learning in her Theories of Personality course.

Association for Psychological Science
A great run-down of things to think about while you incorporate service-learning into your course

Sociology

Sociology Through Service-Learning
Campus Compact Syllabi by Discipline. School:TulsaCommunity College.

Service Learning in the Rural Community College[pdf]
This paper uses Kirtland Community College,Michigan, as a model for development of a rural Service-Learning program.

Cultivating the Sociological Imagination: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Sociology[pdf]
AAHE's Series on Service-Learning in the Disciplines. Discusses service learning in sociology or students engaging in sociological analysis through projects designed to make a positive impact on communities.

Speech Communication

Using Service-Learning in the Public Speaking Class
Two public speaking instructors at Tidewater highlight their goals, assignments, and results of service learning in their classes. Community College

Service-Learning and Communication: A Disciplinary Toolkit[pdf]
National Communication Association. 74 pages.

Communication in Organization
Campus Compact Syllabi by Discipline. Students use service-learning to examine the special communication problems faced in planning for, and responding to, non-routine and crisis situations.

Theater

Campus Compact Syllabi by Discipline: Music and Theatre
Southwest Missouri State University Opera Workshop Syllabus.

Villanova Magic School
Article about theatre and science majors at Villanova creating a school of magic for underprivileged children.University.

Theatre Service-Learning Project Ideas
Pennsylvania Service-Learning Alliance.

Women's Studies

Northeastern University Women's Studies
Click on the Undergraduates tab to find Service-Learning option.

Women's Studies Community Service
Campus Compact Syllabi by Discipline. From a California State University, Northridge Women's Studies class.

The Practice of Change: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Women's Studies. AAHE's Series on Service-Learning in the Disciplines.[pdf]
This is the 17th in a series on service-learning and the academic disciplines which discusses the role of service-learning as part of women's studies.226 pages of essays.

Women and Society
An internet reference project on the world wide web.

Writing

Teaching Guides: Using Service-Learning in Writing Courses
Colorado State University site with tips on Service-Learning implementation as well as additional resources.

Course title: Writers Helping Writers
Campus Compact syllabi by discipline.

Integrating Writing, Academic Discourses, and Service Learning: Project Renaissance and School/College Literacy Collaborations
Composition Studies article that examines ways to use service-learning in a writing class to help students make connections between their course material and the world at large.