1st Edition

Embedding Service Learning in European Higher Education Developing a Culture of Civic Engagement

    268 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    268 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    Service learning brings together students, academics and the community whereby all become teaching resources, problem solvers and partners. In addition to enhancing academic and real-world learning, the overall purpose of service learning is to instil in students a sense of civic engagement and responsibility and work towards positive social change within society.

    Embedding Service Learning in European Higher Education promotes service learning as a pedagogical approach that develops civic engagement within higher education. It both describes and assesses the most recent developments and contextual positioning of service learning in European higher education and considers if and how the pedagogy is responding to European Union policy and the strategy of higher education institutions and towards engagement with broader societal issues.

    With case studies from 12 universities across Europe, this book draws on existing practice, shares knowledge and develops best practice to provide conceptual and practical tools for teaching, researching and practising service learning. This book:

    • exposes service learning as a key approach in terms of embedding a culture of political and civic literacy within higher education;
    • considers service learning in Europe, an area of growing research in service learning practice;
    • explores the issue of university social responsibility;
    • presents chapters from leaders in the service learning movement at a national and international level.

    Practical and engaging, Embedding Service Learning in European Higher Education is a fascinating read for anyone working in service learning as well as those working at universities with an interest in social and civic engagement and institutional reform.

    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

     

    Introduction

    Lorraine McIlrath, Pilar Aramburuzabala and Hector Opazo

     

    Section I Foundations of Service Learning within Europe

     

    CHAPTER ONE

    What Is Service Learning? Making Sense of The Pedagogy and Practice

    Andrew Furco and Katrina Norvell

     

    CHAPTER TWO

    The Changing Face of Higher Education - Economic and Democratic Imperatives

    Juliet Millican with Seth Pollack, Bruna Zani, Wolfgang Stark, Nives Mikelic Preradovic and Pilar Aramburuzabala

     

    CHAPTER THREE

    Youth Life Purpose - Evaluating Service Learning via Development of Lifelong ‘Radar’ for Community Contribution

    Seana Moran

     

    Section II Europe Engage – Approaches to Service Learning

     

    CHAPTER FOUR

    Europe Engage - Developing a Culture of Civic Engagement through Service Learning within Higher Education in Europe

    Lorraine McIlrath, Pilar Aramburuzabala and Héctor Opazo

     

    CHAPTER FIVE

    Service Learning, Civic Competencies and Work-Life Skills

    Aura Nortomaa and Henrietta Grönlund

     

    CHAPTER SIX

    Understanding the Evolution of Service Learning at European Universities - Insights From Actor-Network Theory

    Natalija Mažeikienė

     

    CHAPTER SEVEN

    Identified Service Learning Practices in European Higher Education

    Nives Mikelic Preradovic and Wolfgang Stark

     

    Section III European Higher Education Practice – Case Studies

     

    CHAPTER EIGHT

    National University of Ireland, Galway – Developing Service Learning as an Ethos and Practice

    Lorraine McIlrath and Ruth McMenamin

     

    CHAPTER NINE

    Service Learning in Teacher Training – A Case Study of the Autonomous University of Madrid

    Héctor Opazo and Pilar Aramburuzabala

     

    CHAPTER TEN

    Promoting Civic Engagement through Service Learning at the University of Bologna

    Bruna Zani and Antonella Guarino

     

    CHAPTER ELEVEN

    Service-Learning in Post-Communist Countries - Lithuania and Croatia

    Nives Mikelic Preradovic and Natalija Mažeikienė

     

    CHAPTER TWELVE

    European Student Reflections and Perspectives on Service Learning

    Aidan Harte, Arnaud Persyn, João Louro, Loes de Smet, Katherine Harvey, Kevin Laabs, Sara Minotti, Patricija Naujanyte, Riikka Porkolo, Sara Semenski, Elena Guerrerom with Lorraine McIlrath

     

    Section IV Future Considerations for Service Learning in Europe

     

    CHAPTER THIRTEEN

    Institutionalisation of Service learning in European Higher Education

    Lucas C. P. M. Meijs, Stephanie A. Maas and Pilar Aramburuzabala

     

    CHAPTER FOURTEEN

    Considerations for Service Learning in European Higher Education

    Pilar Aramburuzabala, Maria João Vargas-Moniz, Héctor Opazo, Lorraine McIlrath and Wolfgang Stark

    Biography

    Pilar Aramburuzabala is an associate professor and department chair at the School of Teacher Training and Education of the Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain.

    Lorraine McIlrath directs the Community Knowledge Initiative at the National University of Ireland Galway and has keynoted around the world and is an elected member of the Steering Committee of the Talloires Network since 2014.

    Héctor Opazo is director and founder of the ABC lab (Laboratorio de Aprendizaje Basado en la Comunidad) and research professor at Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez Chile.