Preface – Service-Learning: Not Charity, But a Two-Way Street by Judith R. Blau.

Introduction – Service-Learning and the Teachability of Sociology by James Ostrow.

PART ONE: THE CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF SOCIAL LIFE.

Sociology's Essential Role: Promoting Critical Analysis in Service-Learning by Sam Marullo;

Sociology and Service-Learning: A Critical Look by Kerry J. Strand;

Building Campus-Community Connections: Using Service-Learning in Sociology Courses by J. Richard Kendrick, Jr.

PART TWO: PEDAGOGICAL ADVANTAGES.

A Multicultural and Critical Perspective on Teaching Through Community: A Dialogue With Jose Calderon of Pitzer College by Sandra Enos;

Service-Research Projects in the Urban School: A Dialogue with Frank Furstenberg Jr. of the University of Pennsylvania by Sandra Enos;

Service-Learning as Symbolic Interaction by Barbara H. Vann;

The Joys of Your Troubles: Using Service and Reflection to Enhance Learning in the Community College Sociology Classroom by Martha Bergin and Susan McAleavey;

Service-Learning Through Meta-Reflection: Problems and Prospects of Praxis in Organizational Sociology by Hugh F. Lena.

PART THREE: ACTION RESEARCH.

Action Research: The Highest Stage of Service-Learning? by Douglas V. Porpora;

Examining Communities and Urban Change: Service-Learning as Collaborative Research by Garry Hesser;

Afterword - Sociology, Service, and Learning, For a Stronger Discipline by Carla B. Howery (American Sociological Association).

APPENDIX.

Bibliography: Sociology and Service-Learning by Garry Hesser;

THREE SAMPLE SYLLABI.