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
BE A SOLUTION! Take the National Learn & Serve Challenge, October 5-11, 2009
It's time to gear up for the 2009 National Learn & Serve Challenge on October 5-11, 2009! Join your peers from around the country for a concentrated week of special events and community outreach activities designed to raise awareness and build support for service-learning. Here are two simple things you can do in five minutes or less:
1. Pre-register your group/school/organization for the 2009 Challenge. It's okay if you haven't finalized your plans for the Challenge. You can still pre-register to receive updates, tips, and materials to help you prepare for the fall.
Pre-register by Thursday, May 28 and you will be eligible for a drawing for a $50 gift certificate for a pizza party, perfect for year-end reflection and celebrations.
Accept the Challenge to Be a Solution and pre-register now.
http://nslc.wufoo.com/forms/early-registration-2009-learn-serve-challenge/
2. Become a Proud Partner of the National Learn & Serve Challenge. Register as a partner. It takes less than 2 minutes to complete.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=WtbiP7IkZbT5VXC74tQOOw_3d_3d
For more information, contact the National Service-Learning Partnership at nslp@aed.org or 202-884-8982.
Check out the 2009 National Learn & Serve Challenge on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=83724586519&ref=ts
The Learn & Serve Challenge is a signature event of the National Service-Learning Partnership, made possible with support from State Farm Companies Foundation. Lead Organizing Partners include: SEANet -the State Education Agency K-12 Service-Learning Network, America's Promise Alliance, Camp Fire USA, Campus Compact, the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, National Youth Leadership Council, and Youth Service America in collaboration with the Corporation for National and Community Service.
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