Book Review: Promoting Community Renewal through Civic Literacy and Service Learning
-
Michael H. Persons
This is an optimistic, and useful, book written at a pessimistic time. In an era when the nation faces many social problems - including alienation from the government and work, the fragmentation of the family, and an expanding materialism - this book promoting civic literacy approaches to service learning and seeks to help educators in their efforts to redefine the role of civics in contemporary society. The civic literacy approach to service learning is defined as pedagogy that combines community service and academic instruction and that focuses on critical, reflective thinking and civic responsiblity. The editors challenge community colleges to act as catalysts for a national movement of community renewal, suggesting that they may be our best hope for finding ways to solve our social problems.
©2011 Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston
Articles in the same Issue
- Article
- A Factor Structure for Social and Personal Development Outcomes in College
- Assessing Student Opinion toward a Multicultural Student Union
- Book Review: Promoting Community Renewal through Civic Literacy and Service Learning
- Book Review: The Leader of the Future
- Outsourcing and the Role of Psychological Services on the College Campus
- Sexual Intimacy between University Faculty and Students: Educational Issues and Interventions
- The Membership Intake Movement of Historically Black Greek-letter Organizations
Articles in the same Issue
- Article
- A Factor Structure for Social and Personal Development Outcomes in College
- Assessing Student Opinion toward a Multicultural Student Union
- Book Review: Promoting Community Renewal through Civic Literacy and Service Learning
- Book Review: The Leader of the Future
- Outsourcing and the Role of Psychological Services on the College Campus
- Sexual Intimacy between University Faculty and Students: Educational Issues and Interventions
- The Membership Intake Movement of Historically Black Greek-letter Organizations
