Creating Successful Community and Academic Partnerships in Service-Learning

Mary Elizabeth Rauktis is Research Associate Faculty in the School of Social Work at the University of Pittsburgh, USA.Riju Sharma is Director and Associate Professor at Assam Don Bosco University, India.

• Ch 1: Introduction.- Ch 2: Service-Learning: The University's Mission in Action.- Ch 3: Bridging Academia and Communities through Service Learning Praxis at Christ University.- Ch 4: Mushroom Cultivation Practice: Empowering Women and Unemployed Youth while Introducing Science Students to Service Learning.- Ch 5: Swabalamban: A Skill Development Program for Youth to Increase Employment.- Ch 6: An interventional approach to reducing use Tobacco Use Among Students of An Indian University.- Ch 7: Teaching Sustainable Menstruation Hygiene Practices: Addressing Challenges to Health and Gender Well-Being through Service Learning in Assam, India.- Ch 8: Promoting Activity Based Self-Learning Techniques Among Primary School Teachers, Students and Children in Assam.- Ch 9: International Service-Learning in Psychology: Sustaining Service-Learning Partnerships between Nepal and the United States.- Ch 10: Promoting Mental Health and Resilience in School Children in Assam.- Ch 11: Training Teachers and Community Health Workers to Identify Children with Learning Disabilities.- Ch 12: Model of a Short-Term Study Abroad in Health Sciences.- Ch 13: A Student View of an International, Interdisciplinary, and Intercollegiate Service Learning Experience.- Ch 14: Implementing a Service-Learning Participatory Action Research Project in Public High Schools in Manila: Developing Doctoral Student Competencies.- Ch 15: Empowering Communities Through Service Learning: Revitalizing Tai Languages and Preserving Cultural Identities in Northeast India.- Ch 16: Conclusion: Service Learning and Preparing Students for the Challenges of a Global World.