Call for Scholars: John Glenn Scholar in Service-Learning

Posted by on August 13, 2004

CALL FOR SCHOLARS DEADLINE – Please Circulate

The John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy at The Ohio State University recognizes scholars whose scholarship contributes to advancing the understanding of or adoption of service-learning, with specific emphasis on K-12 education.

Areas of emphasis for the upcoming September 10, 2004 John Glenn Scholar in Service-Learning application deadline include the following:

1) School and Community Partnerships: Seeking scholarship focused on productive relationships between schools and communities (inclusive of civic, business, governmental, faith, and other community contexts) that explores the role of service-learning in community building and promoting the public good, e.g., conditions that foster reciprocity, community readiness, etc.

2) Student Development: Seeking scholarship focused on various aspects of intellectual, psychological, personal, social, or identity development during childhood or adolescence, e.g., how participation in service-learning contributes to development of civic identity, etc.

Applicants should submit a copy of their curriculum vitae and a copy of a single paper upon which the selection review will be based. We encourage submittal of papers that are new scholarship and welcome papers that may appear in other sources (reprint permission required). Submissions should not exceed 40 pages of double-spaced, typewritten copy including references, tables, and figures. Content and style should be of a high quality appropriate for publication in a professional journal (American Psychological Association 5th edition style manual guidelines preferred).

Selection as a Scholar will carry an honorarium of $1000; recipients will also be recognized as a John Glenn Scholar in Service-Learning. Scholar selections will be featured on the Institute’s website and publicized on a national level with specific attention focused on papers submitted as part of the selection process. Each paper will generate up to four different 1-2 page advisories tailored to relevant groups and in formats that are immediately accessible to teachers, the media, policy makers, or grant makers.

Please visit <a href="http://www.glenninstitute.org/glenn/scholars_index.asp">http://www.glenninstitute.org/glenn/scholars_index.asp</a> for information on application submission and additional details regarding the John Glenn Scholars in Service-Learning. Please contact Kathleen Hill at (614)292-4545 or hill.358@osu.edu if you have questions.