Intercultural Service Learning

Petra Rauschert is a Senior Lecturer in Teaching English as a Foreign Language at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich, Germany. Her research focuses on intercultural education, and she has been engaged in service learning for nearly two decades, involving secondary school and university students in local and international projects. She founded the international service learning network Weitblick – Students in Action e.V.Jacqueline Alexander is an elementary school teacher in Switzerland and has also taught in Germany, the US and Turkey. She has conducted multiple intercultural service learning projects with both university and elementary school students.

• Tables and FiguresContributorsAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsStudent VoicesMichael Byram: ForewordPetra Rauschert: Introduction Part 1: Intercultural Service Learning (ISL) – Concepts and Standards1.1 Petra Rauschert and Jacqueline Alexander: Interculturality in the Foreign Language Classroom1.2 Jacqueline Alexander: Defining Intercultural Service Learning 1.3 Jacqueline Alexander: Quality Standards 1.4 Jacqueline Alexander: Effects and Potential of ISL 1.5 Petra Rauschert: Critical Perspectives 1.6 Petra Rauschert: Pedagogies Related to ISL Part 2: Theoretical Frameworks2.1 Petra Rauschert: Integrating ISL and Intercultural Citizenship Education 2.2 Petra Rauschert: A Comprehensive Model of Intercultural Service Learning in Foreign Language Education 2.3 Petra Rauschert: Structuring ISL ProjectsPart 3: ISL in Practice: Ideas, Examples and Evaluation3.1 ISL Type I (Within One Country)3.1.1 Petra Rauschert and Claudia Mustroph: Global Peace Path 3.1.2 Jacqueline Alexander, Petra Rauschert and Michelle Stannard: Around the World in 30 Recipes3.1.3 Ilianna Mitskopoulou: Museum Project3.2 ISL Type II (Between Countries)3.2.1 Petra Rauschert: Happiness – Perspectives from India and Germany3.2.2 Petra Rauschert: Students Training Managers3.2.3 Xinrui Chang, Petra Rauschert and Aman Verma: Wiser Decisions – An Ecopedagogical Approach Based on Literature Part 4. Assessing ISL Projects4.1 Jacqueline Alexander: Assessing Learning in ISL Projects – General Considerations 4.2 Jacqueline Alexander: Assessing Intercultural Citizenship Competence 4.3 Petra Rauschert: Assessing Democratic Competences in ISL Projects Jacqueline Alexander: Concluding RemarksGlossaryIndex

This exciting and innovative book makes a major contribution to our understanding of intercultural service learning. It provides a detailed description of this important pedagogical approach, which will be of considerable interest to education practitioners and researchers alike, especially those with interests in foreign language education, civic education and intercultural citizenship. It will be the definitive guide to the topic for many years to come. Highly recommended.