Embedding Service Learning in European Higher Education

Developed from the successful EU Erasmus+ funded project 'Europe Engage' this book promotes service-learning as a pedagogical approach that develops civic engagement within higher education.

Informationen zum Autor Pilar Aramburuzabala is an associate professor and department chair at the School of Teacher Training and Education of the Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain. Lorraine McIlrath directs the Community Knowledge Initiative at the National University of Ireland Galway and has keynoted around the world and is an elected member of the Steering Committee of the Talloires Network since 2014. H é ctor Opazo is director and founder of the ABC lab (Laboratorio de Aprendizaje Basado en la Comunidad) and research professor at Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez Chile. Klappentext Developed from the successful EU Erasmus+ funded project `Europe Engage this book promotes service-learning as a pedagogical approach that develops civic engagement within higher education. Zusammenfassung Developed from the successful EU Erasmus+ funded project 'Europe Engage' this book promotes service-learning as a pedagogical approach that develops civic engagement within higher education. Inhaltsverzeichnis ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Introduction; Section I Foundations of Service Learning within Europe; CHAPTER ONE What Is Service Learning? Making Sense of The Pedagogy and Practice; CHAPTER TWO The Changing Face of Higher Education - Economic and Democratic Imperatives; CHAPTER THREE Youth Life Purpose - Evaluating Service Learning via Development of Lifelong 'Radar' for Community Contribution; Section II Europe Engage - Approaches to Service Learning; CHAPTER FOUR Europe Engage - Developing a Culture of Civic Engagement through Service Learning within Higher Education in Europe; CHAPTER FIVE Service Learning, Civic Competencies and Work-Life Skills; CHAPTER SIX Understanding the Evolution of Service Learning at European Universities - Insights From Actor-Network Theory; CHAPTER SEVEN Identified Service Learning Practices in European Higher Education; Section III European Higher Education Practice - Case Studies; CHAPTER EIGHT National University of Ireland, Galway - Developing Service Learning as an Ethos and Practice; CHAPTER NINE Service Learning in Teacher Training - A Case Study of the Autonomous University of Madrid; CHAPTER TEN Promoting Civic Engagement through Service Learning at the University of Bologna; CHAPTER ELEVEN Service-Learning in Post-Communist Countries - Lithuania and Croatia; CHAPTER TWELVE European Student Reflections and Perspectives on Service Learning; Section IV Future Considerations for Service Learning in Europe; CHAPTER THIRTEEN Institutionalisation of Service learning in European Higher Education; CHAPTER FOURTEEN Considerations for Service Learning in European Higher Education ...

Autorentext

Pilar Aramburuzabala is an associate professor and department chair at the School of Teacher Training and Education of the Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain.

Lorraine McIlrath directs the Community Knowledge Initiative at the National University of Ireland Galway and has keynoted around the world and is an elected member of the Steering Committee of the Talloires Network since 2014.

H**é**ctor Opazo is director and founder of the ABC lab (Laboratorio de Aprendizaje Basado en la Comunidad) and research professor at Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez Chile.

Klappentext

Developed from the successful EU Erasmus+ funded project `Europe Engage this book promotes service-learning as a pedagogical approach that develops civic engagement within higher education.

Zusammenfassung
Developed from the successful EU Erasmus+ funded project 'Europe Engage' this book promotes service-learning as a pedagogical approach that develops civic engagement within higher education.

Inhalt

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Introduction; Section I Foundations of Service Learning within Europe; CHAPTER ONE What Is Service Learning? Making Sense of The Pedagogy and Practice; CHAPTER TWO The Changing Face of Higher Education - Economic and Democratic Imperatives; CHAPTER THREE Youth Life Purpose - Evaluating Service Learning via Development of Lifelong 'Radar' for Community Contribution; Section II Europe Engage - Approaches to Service Learning; CHAPTER FOUR Europe Engage - Developing a Culture of Civic Engagement through Service Learning within Higher Education in Europe; CHAPTER FIVE Service Learning, Civic Competencies and Work-Life Skills; CHAPTER SIX Understanding the Evolution of Service Learning at European Universities - Insights From Actor-Network Theory; CHAPTER SEVEN Identified Service Learning Practices in European Higher Education; Section III European Higher Education Practice - Case Studies; CHAPTER EIGHT National University of Ireland, Galway - Developing Service Learning as an Ethos and Practice; CHAPTER NINE Service Learning in Teacher Training - A Case Study of the Autonomous University of Madrid; CHAPTER TEN Promoting Civic Engagement through Service Learning at the University of Bologna; CHAPTER ELEVEN Service-Learning in Post-Communist Countries - Lithuania and Croatia; CHAPTER TWELVE European Student Reflections and Perspectives on Service Learning; Section IV Future Considerations for Service Learning in Europe; CHAPTER THIRTEEN Institutionalisation of Service learning in European Higher Education; CHAPTER FOURTEEN Considerations for Service Learning in European Higher Education