LIFE LEARNING COMMUNITY BIOLOGY
Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Biology
 
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Paperback: 174 pages; 6" x 9" inches
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PART ONE: SERVICE-LEARNING AS A MODE OF CIVIC EDUCATION: Educational Benefits Associated With Service-Learning Projects in Biology Curricula by John C. Kennell; An Environmental Science Approach to Service-Learning in Biology by Jeffrey A. Simmons; PART TWO: COURSE NARRATIVES: Service-Learning in Botany: A Public School Project by Nancy K. Prentiss; Service Stimulates Science Learning in At-Risk Kids: The Millikin Model by Marianne Robertson; Virginia STEP: Evidence That Service-Learning Can Enhance a College Biology Program by Alan Raflo; Service-Learning in Biology: Providing a College Experience for High School Students by Scott S. Kinnes; Expanding the Reach of University Courses in Biology and Health to Provide Meaningful Service to Undeserved Communities by Amal Abu-Shakra and Tun Kyaw Nyein; Community and Environmental Compatibility in the York River Watershed: A Project-Based Interdisciplinary Service-Learning Course by A. Christine Brown and Samuel A. McReynolds; Service-Learning in Biology: Using the Internet and Desktop Video Conferencing by Paul D. Austin; Service-Learning in the Natural Sciences: North Seattle Community College by Peter Lortz; PART THREE: THE DISCIPLINE AND BEYOND: Service-Learning and Field Biology in Post-Colonial Perspective: The Bahamas Environmental Research Center as a Case Study by Luther Brown; Biology and Service-Learning: Logical Links by Joel H. Ostroff and David C. Brubaker; APPENDIX: Reprints From Science and Society: Redefining the Relationship (Campus Compact, 1996); Summary Course Descriptions; Suggested Readings.