ABSTRACT

This volume explores multiple examples of how to connect classrooms to communities through service learning and participatory research to teach issues of social justice. The various chapters provide examples of how collaborations between students, faculty, and community partners are creating models of democratic spaces (on campus and off campus) where the students are teachers and the teachers are students. The purpose of this volume is to provide examples of how service learning can be integrated into courses addressing social justice issues. At the same time, it is about demonstrating the power of service learning in advancing a course content that is community-based and socially engaged.To stimulate the adaptation of the approaches described in these books, each volume includes an Activity / Methodology table that summarizes key elements of each example, such as class size, pedagogy, and other disciplinary applications. Click here for the table to this title.

section Section Two|52 pages

The Day Labor Project

chapter 5|11 pages

Designing a Safety Program for Day Laborers

The Forgotten Workers

chapter 6|17 pages

Community-Based Scholarship

Nutrition Students Learn Spanish in the Classroom and at the City of Pomona Day Labor Center

section Section Three|58 pages

Social Policy and Homelessness

chapter 8|25 pages

Social Responsibility by Design

Interior Design, Graphic Design, and Photography Students' Close Encounter with Homelessness

section Section Four|18 pages

International Projects

chapter 10|16 pages

Service Learning in the World Community

Video Production in South America

section Section Five|70 pages

Culture and Equity

chapter 11|20 pages

Creating Social Justice in the Classroom

Preparing Students for Diversity Through Service Learning

chapter 13|17 pages

Reclaiming a Forgotten Past

The San Fernando Valley Japanese American Oral History and Photograph Collection Project