Service-Learning Course Construction Resources

Posted by on December 3, 2004

[posted from National Service-Learning listserv. Please note, PHENND has its own local collection of service-learning syllabi found on the web at http://www.upenn.edu/ccp/PHENND/syllabi.html. Please add our own syllabi to the collection by simply emailing it to Hillary at hillarya@pobox.upenn.edu.]

The National Service-Learning Clearinghouse has a list of sample service-learning syllabi at:
http://www.servicelearning.org/article/archive/41/

In addition, you may find the following resources useful in developing pre-service strategies:

Fundamentals of Service-Learning Course Construction by Kerrisa Heffernan
http://www.servicelearning.org/wg_php/library/index.php?library_id=4166
– Includes sample syllabi and suggested readings.

Freshman seminar at Bethune-Cookman College:
http://www.cookman.edu/GeneralStudies/FreshmanSeminar/GE111.htm
– Includes a list of desired outcomes and expectations for future service activities.

Preparing Students for Service Learning by Kathleen Rice:
http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/other/engagement/2004Conf/Presentations/Rice.pdf
– Session notes from the 2004 Community College National Center for Community Engagement Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Conference.

Service-Learning Toolbox: Work Pages & Checklists to Help You Get Started & Keep You Going
http://www.nwrel.org/ruraled/learnserve/resources/SL_Toolbox.pdf
– Page 13 includes a rudimentary list of the key areas to consider in pre-service training.

Please contact us if you need further information.

Regards,

Alex Lumb
Resource Specialist
National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
Toll-free 1-866-245-7378, ext. 240
http://www.servicelearning.org
“America’s Resource for Service-Learning Information”