Recommended Reading
Here, you will find reading suggestions, links to full-text articles, and recommended film lists. Please note that all items highlighted in red are available through the Service-Learning Office, and items highlighted in green are available in the Stockton College library. If you are looking for specific information that is not mentioned on this page or if you have suggestions for further resources you would like to see here, please feel free to contact the Office of Service-Learning at 609.652.4256, or email service.learning@stockton.edu.
Online Journals & Newsletters (FREE, full-text available)
Campus/Community Partnerships
Citizenship & Civic Engagement
Community Colleges
Curriculum Development
Diversity & Multiculturalism
Higher Education Service-Learning
Issue-Based Service-Learning
K-12 Service-Learning
Nonprofit News
Reflection
Toolkits/Planning Resources
Youth Research & Engagement
Online Journals & Newsletters (FREE, full-text available)
International Journal of Teaching & Learning in Higher Education (IJTLHE)
Journal of Cognitive Affective Learning (JCAL)
Journal of College & Character (JCC)
National Service-Learning Partnership newsletters
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Campus/Community Partnerships
- Scheibel, J., Bowley, E.M., & Jones, S. (2005). The Promise of Partnerships: Tapping into the College as a Community Asset. Providence, RI: Campus Compact.
Citizenship & Civic Engagement
- Allen, R. (Mar. 2003). "The Democratic Aims of Service-Learning." Educational Leadership, 60(6), 51-54.
- America Speaks (2004). Millions of Voices: a Blueprint for Engaging the American Public in National Policy Making. Washington D.C.: America Speaks.
- Battistoni, R. (2002). Civic Engagement Across the Curriculum: a resource book for faculty in all disciplines. Providence, RI: Campus Compact.
- Buchanan, D. et al (May 2006). "Academic Citizenship & Public Service for Modern Higher Learning in a Post-Civil Rights Era." Journal of College & Character, VII(4).
- CIRCLE: Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement (resource center)
- Colby, A. et al. (2003). Educating Citizens: Preparing America's Undergraduates for Lives of Moral and Civic Responsibility. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass & Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
- Harward, D. (2007). "Engaged Learning and the Core Purposes of Liberal Education." AAC&U Liberal Education, Winter 2007. (cross-listed in Higher Education Service-Learning)
- Hauptmann, J. (Nov. 2005). Toward a Theory of Civic Engagement. Parkville, MO: Park University Int'l Center for Civic Engagement.
- Kuntz, A.M. (June 2006). "Academic Citizenship: The Risks & Responsibility of Reframing Faculty Work." Journal of College & Character, VII(5).
- Malaney, G.D. (May 2006). "Educating for Civic Engagement, Social Activism, and Political Dissent: Adding the Study of Neoliberalism and Imperialism to the Student Affairs Curriculum." Journal of College & Character, VII(4).
- Murchland, B. (1991). Higher education and the practice of democratic politics. Dayton, OH: The Kettering Foundation.
- National Conference on Citizenship, CIRCLE, & Saguaro Seminar. (2006). "America's Civic Health Index: Broken Engagement."
- Palmer, P. (1986). "Community, Conflict, and Ways of Knowing: Ways of Deepening Our Educational Agenda." Change.
- Raill, S. & Hollander, E. (Jan. 2006). "How Campuses Can Create Engaged Citizens: The Student View." Journal of College & Character, VII(1).
- Strayhorn, T.L. (2006). "Democratic Education and Public Universities in America." Journal of College & Character, Vol. 2.
- Talcott, W. (Sept. 2005). Modern Universities, Absent Citizenship? Historical Perspectives. CIRCLE Working Paper 39. Washington D.C.: CIRCLE.
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Community Colleges
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Curriculum Development
- Heffernan, K. (2001). Fundamentals of Service-Learning Course Construction. Providence, RI: Campus Compact.
- Howard, J.P. (2001). Service-Learning Course Design Workbook. Michigan Journal of Community Service-Learning Summer 2001 Companion Volume. Ann Arbor, MI: OCSL Press.
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Diversity & Multiculturalism
- Cornwell, G.H. & Stoddard, E.W. (Spring 2006). "Freedom, Diversity, and Global Citizenship." Liberal Education, 26-33.
- Galura, J.A. (2004). Engaging the Whole of Service-Learning, Diversity, and Learning Communities. OCSL Press at University of Michigan: Ann Arbor.
- Ousley, M.D. (May 2006). "Hope for a More Equitable Society: Student Values and Perspectives on Race, Ethnicity, and Gender." Journal of College & Character, VII(4).
- Shirvani, S. (Spring 2003). "Intercultural Service Learning: Alternative Strategies Learning Theory." AURCO Journal, 9, 153-60.
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Higher Education Service-Learning
- Astin, A.W. & Sax, L.J. (May/June 1998). "How Undergraduates Are Affected by Service Participation." Journal of College Student Development, 39(3), 251-63.
- Butin, D. (ed.) (2005). Service-Learning in Higher Education: Critical Issues and Directions. NY, NY: Palgrave MacMillan.
- Campus Compact (Jan. 2006). A Preliminary Overview of the Literature Linking Service-Learning and Retention. Providence, RI: C.C.
- Campus Compact (Jan. 2006). The Positive Impact of Service-Learning on College Student Retention. Campus Compact Research Brief. Providence, RI: C.C.
- Carnegie Foundation & CIRCLE (2006). "Higher Education: Civic Mission and Civic Effects." NY, NY: Carnegie & CIRCLE.
- Casey, K.M. et al. (eds.) (2005). Advancing Knowledge in Service-Learning: Research to Transform the Field. Advances in Service-Learning Research Series. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing. (cross-listed in K-12 Service-Learning)
- Furco, A. (1996). "Service-Learning: A Balanced Approach to Experiential Education." Expanding Boundaries: Serving & Learning. Washington D.C.: Corporation for National Service, 2-6. (cross-listed in K-12 Service-Learning)
- Harward, D. (2007). "Engaged Learning and the Core Purposes of Liberal Education." AAC&U Liberal Education, Winter 2007. (cross-listed in Citizenship & Civic Education)
- Hondagneu-Sotelo, P. & Raskoff, S. (July 1994). "Community Service-Learning: Promises and Problems." Teaching Sociology, 22(3), 248-54.
- Jackson, L. & Caffarella, R.S. (1994). Experiential Learning: A New Approach. New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education Series, No. 62. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
- Markus, G.B., Howard, J.P., & King, D.C. (Winter 1993). "Integrating Community Service and Classroom Instruction Enhances Learning: Results from an Experiment." Educational Evaluation & Policy Analysis, 15(4), 410-19.
- National Leadership Council for Liberal Education & America's Promise (2007). College Learning for the New Global Century. Washington, DC: AAC&U.
- Parker-Gwin, R. (Jan. 1996). "Connecting Service to Learning: How Students and Communities Matter." Teaching Sociology, 24(1), 91-101.
- Percy, S.L., Zimpher, N.L., & Brukardt, M.J. (2006). Creating a New Kind of University: Institutionalizing Community-University Engagement. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing.
- Swaner, L.E. (2007). "Linking Engaged Learning, Student Mental Health & Well-Being, and Civic Development: a Review of the Literature." AAC&U Liberal Education, Winter 2007.
- Ward, K. (2003). Faculty Service Roles and the Scholarship of Engagement. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
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Issue-Based Service-Learning
- Bringle, R.G. & Kremer, J.F. (1993). "Evaluation of an Intergenerational Service-Learning Project for Undergraduates." Educational Gerontology, 19, 407-416.
- Corwin, P. (July 1996). "Using the Community as a Classroom for Large Introductory Sociology Classes." Teaching Sociology, 24(3), 310-15.
- Duster, T. & Waters, A. (Spring 2006). "Engaged Learning Across the Curriculum: The Vertical Integration of Food for Thought." Liberal Education, 42-7.
- Foster-Bey, J., Dietz, N., & Grimm Jr., R. (May 2006). Volunteers Mentoring Youth: Implications for Closing the Mentoring Gap. Washington D.C.: Corporation for National & Community Service.
- Porter, J.R. & Schwartz, L.B. (Oct. 1993). "Experiential Service-Based Learning: An Integrated HIV/AIDS Education Model for College Campuses." Teaching Sociology, 21(4), 409-15.
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K-12 Service-Learning
- Casey, K.M. et al. (eds.) (2005). Advancing Knowledge in Service-Learning: Research to Transform the Field. Advances in Service-Learning Research Series. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing. (cross-listed in Higher Education Service-Learning)
- Furco, A. (1996). "Service-Learning: A Balanced Approach to Experiential Education." Expanding Boundaries: Serving & Learning. Washington D.C.: Corporation for National Service, 2-6. (cross-listed in Higher Education Service-Learning)
- Lewis, B.A. (Feb. 1996). "Serving Others Hooks Gifted Students on Learning." Educational Leadership, 70-74.
- Young, J. "Mobilizing Service-Learning Students as Advocates." Talk It Up, Issue 3.
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Nonprofit News
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Reflection
- Albert, G. (ed.) (1994). Service-Learning Reader: Reflections and Perspectives on Service. Raleigh, NC: National Society for Experiential Education.
- Eyler, J., Giles, D.E., & Schmiede, A. (1996). A Practitioner's Guide to Reflection in Service-Learning: Student Voices & Reflections. Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University.
- Reed, J. & Koliba, C. (1995). Facilitating Reflection: A Manual for Leaders and Educators. Washington D.C.: Georgetown University.
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Toolkits/Planning Resources
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Youth Research & Engagement
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