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BotB: What We Don’t Talk About When We Don’t Talk About Service
Title: What We Don’t Talk About When We Don’t Talk About Service Authors: Adam Davis Target Audience: Students, Faculty, Citizens Date: 2006 Succinct Summary: In order to claim that Service Is Good (SIG), we must discuss why we do service, (for altruistic, selfish, or faith-based … Continue reading
The Growth of a Field: Best Practices and Research in International Volunteering, Global Service-Learning, and Critical Global Engagement
By Eric Hartman There are existing bodies of literature that have established some research and best practices in international volunteering and global service-learning. The challenge, at this point in the field’s development, seems to be gathering those various research strands … Continue reading
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The Market, Ideals, and International Volunteers: The Story and the Tensions Behind Fair Trade Learning
By Eric Hartman Below are my comments as part of a plenary panel at the International Service-Learning Summit at Northwestern University last night. Called “Can ISL be a Fair Trade: Developing a Road Map for Higher Standards,” the panel also included … Continue reading
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BotB: Walk Out Walk On
Title: Walk Out Walk On: A Learning Journey into Communities Daring to Live the Future Now Authors: Margaret Wheatley and Deborah Frieze Target Audience: Students Date: 2011 Succinct Summary: Filled with experience and vivid examples, Walk Out Walk On expresses … Continue reading
BotB: Where’s the Learning in Service-Learning?
Title: Where’s the Learning in Service-Learning? Authors: Janet Elyer & Dwight E. Giles Jr. Target Audience: Faculty Date: 1999 Succinct Summary: This must-read for service-learning course and program development shares an abundance of evidence-based information to support high quality service-learning … Continue reading
BotB: To Hell with Good Intentions by Ivan Illich
To kick-off our Best of the Best Global Service Learning series, we present a familiar source: To Hell with Good Intentions by Ivan Illich. Title: To Hell with Good Intentions Author: Ivan Illich Target Audience: Students Date: 1968 Succinct Summary: Ivan … Continue reading
Why Fair Trade Learning in a Chart
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Donations and their Global Flow through Art and Popular Media
By Elizabeth Rosenberg The New York Times Magazine traces the global flow of charitable clothing drives in How Susie Bayer’s T-Shirt Ended Up on Yusuf Mama’s Back. Had we ever considered that our donations may be sorted into a “wiper rag” … Continue reading
Learning from Community: Community Outcome Assessment Best Practices and Insights in Global Service-Learning
We write to share an upcoming opportunity at the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement Annual Conference. This year the conference takes place November 6 - 8 in Omaha, Nebraska. One of the pre-conference sessions, which will … Continue reading
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