Service-Learning and the Liberal Arts

Craig A. Rimmerman is professor of public policy studies and political science at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

This is a refreshing book that provides readers with opportunities to think about how to effectively use service-learning in their courses. As one who has used service-learning scores of times, I completed this book with a new understanding of its value to the liberal arts, new ideas for how I can deepen my own use of the pedagogy, and a renewed enthusiasm for service-learning as a method to better educate my students.

• 1 Table of Contents2 DedicationChapter 3 PrefaceChapter 4 AcknowledgmentsChapter 5 IntroductionChapter 6 1. Service-Learning in an Ethics CourseChapter 7 2. Service-Learning: Process and ParticipationChapter 8 3. Too Much of a Good Thing: When Service Interferes with LearningChapter 9 4. Teaching the Unteachable: Service-Learning and Engagement in theTeaching of Genocide and the HolocaustChapter 10 5. Service-Learning and Public PolicyChapter 11 6. Does Skill Count? A Reflection on the America Reads ExperienceChapter 12 7. Incorporating Service-Learning in Quantitative Methods Economics CoursesChapter 13 8. Service-Learning in a Bidisciplinary Course: A Chronological and Conceptual Journey, 1995-2006Chapter 14 9. Learning about and Helping to Prevent Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse through Service-Learning InitiativesChapter 15 10. The Role of the Public Service Office in Service-Learning at Hobart and William Smith CollegesChapter 16 11. Service-Learning Lessons