About Us

The Clemson University Service Alliance promotes both public and campus awareness of public service, community service and service-learning efforts at Clemson University. The purpose of the Alliance is to:

• Provide networking opportunities for faculty, staff, students and community members throughout the year
• Coordinate with and provide connection to different site agencies and organization for service-learning activities
• Provide faculty resources for service-learning course development, reflection, assessment and documentation techniques
• Provide and promote training opportunities related to community service and service-learning for faculty, staff, students and community partners

Contact Us:
Kathy Woodard, Coordinator
Service Alliance
214 Barre Hall
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634-0124
Phone: (864) 656-0205
Fax: (864) 656-1288
ckathy@clemson.edu

ListServ Available:

• A Listserv of individuals interested/participating in service-learning is available to Clemson faculty, staff and students.
• To have your name added to the list or to send a message to the list, contact: Marty Duckenfield mbdck@clemson.edu

Resources:

Learn and Serve America’s National Service-Learning Clearinghouse has some resources which might prove useful.

History page
http://www.servicelearning.org/what_is_service-learning/history/index.php,

History of Service-Learning in Higher Education
http://www.servicelearning.org/what_is_service-learning/history_hesl/index.php
 
Brief History of the Major Developments of the Partnership for Service Learning
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/?library_id=730
 
Civic Education Through National Service: Lessons from American History
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/?library_id=6509
 
Civic Service Worldwide: Impacts And Inquiry
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/?library_id=7331
 
Community Service Learning as Democratic Education in South Africa and the United States
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/?library_id=3091
 
Emerson's Prophesy
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/?library_id=4637
 
Formative Years: Lessons from a Decade in the Service-Learning Field
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/?library_id=7739
 
Good Citizen: A History of American Civic Life
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/?library_id=5673
 
History of Character Education
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/?library_id=3154
 
History of the Service Learning Requirement in Maryland
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/?library_id=3078
 
Jane Addams and the Origins of Service-Learning
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/?library_id=6088
 
Roots of Service
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/?library_id=2213
 
Service Learning in Civic Education: A Concept with Long, Sturdy Roots
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/?library_id=2580
 
Service-Learning as a Tool of Engagement: From Thomas Aquinas to Che Guevara
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/?library_id=4665
 
Service-Learning: History, Theory, and Issues
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/?library_id=6621
 
Unrecognized Roots of Service-Learning in African American Social Thought and Action, 1890-1930
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/?library_id=7883

 

Journal for Research:

The National Service-Learning Partnership is pleased to announce the release of Information for Action: A Journal for Research on Service-Learning for Children and Youth, Volume I, Number 2.

The Journal is a peer-reviewed publication that features relevant, methodologically sound studies of service-learning impacts and examples of innovative instruction written by experts, scholars, practitioners, and youth.

The Journal is filled with important reports from a variety of perspectives and includes information that contributes to the growing literature on service-learning research. In it, you will find studies from collegiate researchers, practitioners, and youth.

Volume I, Number 2 includes the following articles:

Introduction
http://www.service-learningpartnership.org/site/DocServer/IFAIntroduction.VolINo2.pdf?docID=3602

ACADEMIC ARTICLES

Service-Learning as Creative Productivity
by Jane Newman and Larry Bailis
http://www.service-learningpartnership.org/site/DocServer/IFAService-LearningasCreativeProductivity.VolINo2.pdf?docID=3603

Cultural-Based Service-Learning as a Transformative Learning Experience for Undergraduate Students and Community Recipients
by Lori Simons, Elizabeth Williams, Nancy Hirshinger-Blank, Kimyette Willis, Cassandra Dry, Courtnery Floyd, and Brittany Russell
http://www.service-learningpartnership.org/site/DocServer/IFACultural-Based_Service-Learning.VolINo2.pdf?docID=3604

PRACTITIONER ARTICLES

Service-Learning: What Motivates K-12 Teachers to Participate In and Sustain Service-Learning Projects
by Marjori M. Krebs, Ed.D
http://www.service-learningpartnership.org/site/DocServer/IFAWhatMotivatesK-12Teachers.VolINo2.pdf?docID=3605

Nuestros Ninos: Preparing Pre-Service Teachers to Educate Latino Migrant Children and Youth through Service-Learning
by Run P. Viramontez Anguiano, Ph.D., CFLE, Jos P. Salinas, Ed.D., and Walter Garcia Kawamoto, Ph.D.
http://www.service-learningpartnership.org/site/DocServer/IFANuestrosNi_os.VolINo2.pdf?docID=3606

YOUTH-LED ARTICLES

Youth-Led Action Research, Planning & Evaluation (Youth REP): A Vehicle for Service-Learning and Community Change
by Tee J. Tagor and Sergio Cuellar
http://www.service-learningpartnership.org/site/DocServer/IFAYouth-LedActionResearch.VolINo2.pdf?docID=3642

BOOK REVIEW

Youth Participatory Evaluation: Strategies for Engaging Young People
Reviewed by Robert Shumer
http://www.service-learningpartnership.org/site/DocServer/IFABookReview.VolINo2.pdf?docID=3641

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