Service Learning in Teacher Education
The International Center serves as a focal point for teacher educators in higher education and their community partners in all aspects of service-learning in teacher education; including research, information resources, professional development and collaboration. Clemson's Eugene T. Moore School of Education is the hub of this teacher education center.
Service-learning prepares teachers and teacher candidates to engage students as active, lifelong learners who develop an ethic of care and a sense of responsibility to their communities. Service-learning can help teachers enrich learning and promote healthy development for an increasingly diverse student population and can help deal with problems related to motivation, behavior and school attendance. It is in these areas that service-learning can make a vital contribution to democratic reforms, citizen participation, volunteerism and social justice in the United States as well as in many other countries of the world.
The International Center collaborates with higher education institutions and pre-K-12 schools throughout the world to carry out the center’s goals and activities. These include:
- Improve the quality of teaching and learning by preparing teachers and school leaders to use effective service-learning methodologies.
- Promote excellence in service-learning by supporting, conducting, and disseminating current research on service-learning in teacher education
- Endorse active civic engagement and community participation within a democratic framework through the dynamics of service-learning.
- Develop and promote policies that support the implementation of effective service-learning guidelines in schools and colleges.
» International Center for Service Learning in Teacher Education
International Center for Service Learning in Teacher Education
Clemson University
Eugene T. Moore School of Education
102 Tillman Hall
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634-0702
(864) 656-0480