International Case Studies in Service Learning

Enakshi Sengupta serves as the Chair – Business Department and Director Centre for Teaching and Learning, American University of Afghanistan.Patrick Blessinger is adjunct associate professor of education at St. John's University, USA. He is also the chief research scientist of the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association.

• PART I: INTEGRATING SERVICE LEARNING INTO CURRICULUM Introduction to International Case Studies in Service Learning; Enakshi Sengupta and Patrick Blessinger Chapter 1. Case Studies of Community-Based Service Learning in Honours Psychology at Rhodes University, South Africa; Jacqueline Akhurst, Lindy Wilbraham, Lisa Saville Young, and Benita Bobo Chapter 2. Food Systems as a Civic Lens to Design Critical Service Learning; Julia L. Angstmann and Francesca A. Williamson Chapter 3. Benefits of Service Learning for Student Participants and Older Adult Recipients; Krista M. C. Cline and Catherine Bain Chapter 4. Service Learning Expereinces in Spanish Universities; María R. Belando-Montoro, María Aranzazu Carrasco Temiño, and María Naranjo Crespo Chapter 5. The Changing Face of Community Engagement in a Time of Crisis - Insights into an Undergraduate Service-Learning Course; Martina Jordaan and Nita Mennega Chapter 6. Service Learning as an Approach to teaching Small Business Management; Thomas Behrends and Larissa Binder PART II: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTChapter 7. ‘Spreading our wings’ towards collaborative service-learning: a South African case study; Hanlie Dippenaar, Candice Livingston, Joanne Arendse, Pieter Boer, Kobie Meiring, and Valencia CloeteChapter 8. Nursing Students and the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation; Julia Mattingly Chapter 9. A University’s Community Engagement Ethos:Understanding the Capacity for Democratic Community Engagement; Mary Sweatman and Alan Warner

At a time of increased local, national, and global challenges and rapid changes, this book is timely in promoting the role of service-learning in authentically and actively engaging universities with their communities. This book showcases how service-learning can maximize student engagement and community service scholarship. The various international narratives emphasized in this book assert service-learning as an essential pedagogical avenue to support reciprocity for all stakeholders and sustain partnerships.