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General Service Learning Resources:

National Service-Learning Clearing House Learn and Serve America’s Service Learning resource center. Find FAQ’s, Faculty Tool-Kit, sample syllabi, funding sources and more.

American Association of Community Colleges Service Learning resources include grant opportunities, curricular tools, conferences, links, publications, etc.

Campus Compact Resources for faculty, students and staff, including sample syllabi, reflection guides, and program models.

Corporation for National and Community Service A variety of service and volunteer related resources, including information on the AmeriCorps program, funding opportunities, Service Learning and volunteer resources, etc.

University of Maryland Community Service-Learning See examples of Service Learning projects and resources from the University of Maryland, a leading institution in the Service Learning movement.

Discipline Specific Resources:

Interested in developing a Service Learning component for your course? Use these examples and ideas from your discipline to get started!

Art

Fales, Bethany Jean. “Service Learning and the Arts.” LearningToGive.org. Web.
Olson-Horswill, Laurie. “Art and Service Learning: The Magnificent Moonsters: A Community College Art and Service Learning Project.” The Journal for Civic Commitment. Vol. 3. Community College National Center for Civic Engagement. Web.
“Artist Corps Tennessee: Arts-Based Service Learning For Teaching Artists.” Compiled by Ann Talbott Brown and Kim Leavitt. Tennessee Arts Commission, 2009. Web.

Biology/Environmental Studies

• Life, Learning, and Community: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Biology. David C. Brubaker and Joel H. Ostroff, editors. Washington, D.C.: AAHE, 2000. (Available in the TRCC Library)
• Acting Locally: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Environmental Studies. Harold Ward, editor. Washington, D.C.: AAHE, 1999. (Available in the TRCC Library)
Biology Service Learning: A Resource Sheet. Denison University. Web.

Business

• Working for the Common Good: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Management. Paul C. Godfrey and Edward T. Grasso, editors. Washington, D.C.: AAHE, 2000. (Available in the TRCC Library)
• Learning by Doing: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Accounting. D.V. Rama, editor. Washington, D.C.: AAHE in cooperation with KPMG Peat Marwick Foundation, 1998. (Available in the TRCC Library)
Service Learning Times (The Sid Craig School of Business’ Service Learning newsletter)
AIB School of Business. (Model of Service Learning program requiring hours of all students seeking an Associates in Business)
“Incorporating Service Learning into the Business Curriculum.” By Genie Black. Journal of Business Administration Online, 1.2 (2002). Web. (Argument for why and how Service Learning should be incorporated in Business curricula)
“Business and Management.” By Sharon Niblock and Norman Kilgore, Spokane Community College. Learn and Serve America’s Disciplinary Pathways to Service Learning. Community College National Center for Community Engagement. Web.

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Chemistry

Service Learning Resources for Chemistry Faculty. American Chemical Society. Web.

Communications

• Voices of Strong Democracy: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Communication Studies. David Droge and Bren Ortega Murphy, editors. Washington, DC: AAHE in cooperation with National Communication Association, 1999. (Available in the TRCC Library)
Service-Learning and Communication: A Disciplinary Toolkit. Richard L. Conville and Sara C. Weintraub, editors. National Communication Association. Web.
• “The Status of Service Learning in Departments of Communication: A Follow-up Study.” By Laura K. Oster-Aaland, et al. Communication Education 53.4 (2004): 348-356.
• “Community Service Learning Increases Communication Skills Across the Business Curriculum.” Mary L. Tucker, et al. Business Communication Quarterly 61.2 (1998): 88-100.
• “Instituting Principles of Best Practice for Service-Learning in the Communication Curriculum.” By Melissa K. Gibson, Eleanor M. Kostecki, and Mary K. Lucas. The Southern Communication Journal 66.3 (2001): 187.
• “Incorporating Reflection into Business Communication Service -Learning Courses.” Robert W. McEachern. Business Communication Quarterly 69.3 (2006): 312-318.
• “Responses to Student Writing from Service Learning Clients. (My Favorite Assignment).” By Roger Graves. Business Communication Quarterly 64.4 (2001): 55-63.
• “Innovative Pedagogy: Academic Service-Learning for Business Communication.” By Jean L. Bush-Bacelis. Business Communication Quarterly 61.3 (1998): 20-35.

Computer Sciences

Mathematics & Computer Science Service Learning Resources. By Rachel L. Vaughn, Sarena D. Seifer, and Tanis Vye Mihalynuk. Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, 2004. Web.

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Criminal Justice

• “Experiencing Diversity Through Service Learning.”By Jacqueline M. Mullany. Academic Exchange Quarterly 9.1 (2005): 287-291.
• “An Evaluation of a Service-Learning Model for Criminal Justice Undergraduate Students.” By Nancy Beth Hirschinger-Blank, Lori Simons, and Alexandra Kenyon. Journal of Experiential Education (2009).

Developmental

“Developing Service-Learning in Developmental Studies.” By Elizabeth Bryer and Carol Gish, Santa Fe Community College. Learn and Serve America’s Disciplinary Pathways to Service Learning. Community College National Center for Community Engagement. Web.
• “Service-Learning’s Impact on Developmental Reading/Writing and Student Life Skills Courses.” By Mary Prentice. Community College Journal of Research and Practice 33.3-4 (2009): 270-282.

Education

• Learning with the Community: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Teacher Education. Joseph A. Erickson, Jeffrey B. Anderson, editors. Washington, DC : AAHE in cooperation with the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, 1997. (Available in the TRCC Library)

Engineering

STEM (Science, Technology, Math and Engineering) Education and Service-Learning. National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, 2010. Web.
“Engineering Education and Service-Learning.” By Rachel L. Vaughn and Sarena D. Seifer. National Service-Learning Clearinghouse. Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, June 2004. Web.
Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS). Purdue University’s Engineering Service Learning page. Web. (Including sample projects and a bibliography of Engineering/Service Learning resources)
Service-Learning in Engineering: A Resource Guide Book. By William Oakes, PE. Providence: Campus Compact, 2004. Web.

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English

• Writing the Community: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Composition. Linda Adler-Kassner, Robert Crooks, and Ann Watters, editors. Washington, DC : AAHE in cooperation with the National Council of Teachers of English, 1997. (Available in the TRCC Library)
“Service-Learning and Reading Instruction.” By Mavis Hara and Linka Corbin-Mullikin, Kapi’olani Community College. Learn and Serve America’s Disciplinary Pathways to Service Learning. Community College National Center for Community Engagement. Web.
“Local Stories Local Style: Service-Learning and Composition.” By Irena Levy, Kapi’olani Community College. Learn and Serve America’s Disciplinary Pathways to Service Learning. Community College National Center for Community Engagement. Web.
• Mikolchak, Maria. English Composition and Service Learning: Bringing Life into the Classroom. The Journal for Civic Commitment. Vol. 3. Community College National Center for Civic Engagement. Web. (One instructor’s Service Learning project for an introductory composition course)
Teaching Guide: Using Service Learning in Writing Courses. Colorado State University. Web. 10 May 2011. (Colorado State University’s overview of Service Learning, its benefits in Composition courses, and sample writing assignments)

ESL

“English as a Second Language Courses.” By Lin Griffith, Glendale Community College. Learn and Serve America’s Disciplinary Pathways to Service Learning. Community College National Center for Community Engagement. Web.

First Year Experience

• Service-Learning and the First-Year Experience: Preparing Students for Personal Success and Civic Responsibility. Edward Zlotkowsky, editor. National Resource Center, 2002. (Available in the Center for Teaching)
First-Year Civic Engagement: Sound Foundations for College, Citizenship and Democracy. Martha J. LaBare, editor. The New York Times Knowledge Network, 2008. Web.

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History

• Connecting Past and Present: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in History. Ira Harkavy and Bill M. Donovan, editors. Washington, DC : AAHE, 2000. (Available in the TRCC Library)
• “Remembrance of Things Past: Service Learning Opportunities in U.S. History.” By Elsa A. Nystrom. The Oral History Review 29.2 (2002): 61-99.
• “‘Bringing History to Life’: Oral History, Community Research, and Multiple Levels of Learning.” By A. Glenn Crothers. Journal of American History 88.4 (2002): 1446-52.

Human Services

• “Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating a Service-Learning Component in Human Service Education.” By Jill C. Jurgens and Alan M. Schwitzer. Human Service Education: A Journal of the National Organization for Human Service Education 22.1 (2002): 35-45.
• Human Services Program Field Placement Manual. Paula Tsarides. Jersey City, NJ: Hudson County Community College, 1997.

Library Education

• Service Learning: Linking Library Education and Practice. By Loriene Roy, Kelly Jensen and Alex Hershey Meyers. American Library Association, 2009.

Mathematics

• Mathematics in Service to the Community: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in the Mathematical Sciences. Charles R. Hadlock, editor. Washington, DC: Mathematical Association of America, 2005. (Available in the TRCC Library)
“Math and Service-Learning in Higher Education.” By Rachel L. Vaughn, Sarena D. Seifer, and Tanis Vye Mihalynuk. Learn and Service America. Taken from Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, 2004.
STEM (Science, Technology, Math and Engineering) Education and Service-Learning. National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, 2010. Web.
“Mathematics & Computer Science Service Learning Resources.” Denison University. Web.
Mathematics Umbrella Group: Industrial and Interdisciplinary Mathematics. Unicersity of Southern Florida. Web. (Provides samples of real world math projects done by University of Florida students in the fields of business, education, human services, engineering, environment, economics, etc.)
Radical Math. 2007. Web. (A website about integrating social justice issues in math curriculum with helpful resources, project ideas, and detailed guides. Especially useful for lower level math courses)

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Nursing

• Caring and Community: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Nursing. Jane S. Norbeck, Charlene Connolly, and JoEllen Koerner, editors. Sterling, VA : Stylus, 2008. (Available in the TRCC Library)
• Creating Community-Responsive Physicians: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Medical Education. Sarena D. Seifer, Kris Hermanns, and Judy Lewis, editors. Washington, DC : AAHE in cooperation with Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, 2000. (Available in the TRCC Library)
“Nursing and Service-Learning: Selected Resources.” By Sarena D. Seifer. Learn and Serve. Taken from Community Campus Partnerships for Health, updated January 2008 by National Service Learning Clearinghouse.
Campus-Community Partnerships for Health. Service-Learning webpage.
• “Time, Tact, Talent, and Trust: Essential Ingredients of Effective Academic-Community Partnerships.” By Lisa Ann Plowfield, Erlinda C. Wheeler, and Jean E. Raymond. Nursing Education Perspectives 26.4 (2005): 217-220.

Philosophy

• Beyond the Tower: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Philosophy. C. David Lisman and Irene E. Harvey, editors. Washington, DC : AAHE, 2000. (Available in the TRCC Library)

Physics

“Physics and Engineering Resource Sheet.” Denison University. Web.
“Service-Learning in Physics: The Consultant Model.” By David V. Guerra. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 10.3 (2005): 143-151. Web.

Political Science

• Experiencing Citizenship: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Political Science. Richard M. Battistoni and William E. Hudson, editors. Washington, DC: AAHE, 1997. (Available in the TRCC Library)
• “Service Learning in College Political Science: Queries and Commentary.” By Mary A. Hepburn, Richard G. Niemi, and Chris Chapman. PS: Political Science & Politics 33.3 (2000): 61-67.

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Psychology

• With Service in Mind: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Psychology. Robert G. Bringle and Donna K. Duffy, editors. AAHE with American Psychological Association. Sterling, VA: Stylus, 1999.
“Service Learning in Psychology: A Resource Sheet.” Denison University. Web.
“Service Learning in Psychology.” American Psychological Association. Web.
“Integrating Service-Learning Into Psychology Courses.” By Elizabeth Weiss Ozorak. Association for Psychological Science. Observer, (2003). Web.
“Service-Learning and Psychology.” By Tanya Renner, Kapi’olani Community College. Learn and Serve America’s Disciplinary Pathways to Service Learning. Community College National Center for Community Engagement. Web.
• “Service Learning in a General Psychology Class: Description, Preliminary Evaluation, and Recommendations.” By Molly D. Kretchmar. Teaching of Psychology, 28.1 (2001): 5-10.

Sociology

• Cultivating the Sociological Imagination : Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Sociology. James Ostrow, Garry Hesser, and Sandra Enos, editors. Washington, DC : AAHE, in cooperation with American Sociological Association, 1999. (Available in the TRCC Library)
• The Engaged Sociologist: Connecting the Classroom to the Community. Kathleen Odell Korgen, Jonathan M. White, authors. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Pine Forge Press, 2009. (Available in the TRCC Library)
• Experiential Learning in Sociology: Service Learning and Other Community-Based Learning Initiatives. By Linda A. Mooney and Bob Edwards. Teaching Sociology, 29.2 (2001): 181-194.
• “Outcomes of Service-Learning in an Introduction to Sociology Course.” By J. Richard Kendrick , Jr. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 3(1996): 72-81.
“Sociology.” By Neghin Modavi, Kapi’olani Community College. Learn and Serve America’s Disciplinary Pathways to Service Learning. Community College National Center for Community Engagement. Web.

Spanish

• Construyendo Puentes = Building Bridges: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Spanish. Josef Hellebrandt and Lucía T. Varona, editors. Washington, DC : AAHE, 1999. (Available in the TRCC Library)
“Spanish Service-Learning: A Resource Guide.” Denison University. Web.
• Spanish & Illinois Blog. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Web.
• “Taking Spanish Outside the Box: A Model for Integrating Service Learning into Foreign Language Study.”By Wendy Caldwell. Foreign Language Annals (2007).

Women’s Studies

• The Practice of Change : Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Women’s Studies. Barbara J. Balliet and Kerrissa Heffernan, editors. Washington, DC : AAHE, 2000. (Available in the TRCC Library)
“Service Learning in Women’s Studies.” WMST-L. Web. (Discussion thread from WMST-L forum about developing Service Learning in Women’s Studies Courses)
• “From Theory to Praxis in Women’s Studies: Guest Speakers and Service-Learning As Pedagogy.” By Tamara Agha-Jaffar. Feminist Teacher 13.1(2000): 1-11.

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