A Glorious Revolution for Youth and Communities

Service-Learning and Model Communities

George I. Whitehead, Andrew P. Kitzrow (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

130 Seiten

2010
Rowman & Littlefield Education (Verlag)
978-1-60709-620-7 (ISBN)

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A Glorious Revolution integrates the ideas of service-learning, positive youth development, and model communities into a book with a comprehensive message about making communities more democratic. Specifically, the book argues that through service-learning an educator can teach higher-order thinking, such as information literacy, problem-solving, and critical and creative thinking. Educators learn how to teach each of these skills. The book also argues that service-learning fosters skills for career success. The book also introduces a new way to think about what constitutes a model community. The authors use current and classical research, books, and web sites on the topics presented in the book and employ examples of how different communities currently engage their young people. The end of each chapter includes exercises designed to foster critical thinking.

George I. Whitehead III is a professor of psychology at Salisbury University and cofounder of Uandgeo, LLC. He is coauthor of Serve and Learn and a number of articles on service-learning and in the field of social psychology. Andrew P. Kitzrow works in youth recreation programming and advocacy in Wicomico County, Maryland, and is cofounder of Uandgeo, LLC.

Chapter 1 Service-Learning, Education, and Community Reform Chapter 2 Information Literacy Chapter 3 Problem-Solving Chapter 4 Critical Thinking Chapter 5 Creativity and Creative Thinking Chapter 6 Communities for Youth Chapter 7 Four Cornerstones Chapter 8 Youth Empowerment Chapter 9 Community Examples Chapter 10 Before You Shift Chapter 11 Call to Action

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.5.2010
Verlagsort	Lanham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	162 x 240 mm
Gewicht	388 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
ISBN-10	1-60709-620-X / 160709620X
ISBN-13	978-1-60709-620-7 / 9781607096207
Zustand	Neuware