Service Learning
Culture of Complaint
Robert Hughes
Warner Books, New York NY (1993)
This author has written a passionate book filled with barbed humor and devastating takes on American life. On the right, he fires sharp broadsides at Pat Buchanan, Pat Robertson, Jesse Helms and Ronald Regan. On the left, he skewers political correctness, academia's obsession with theory, and special interest groups.
Developing and Implementing Service-Learning Programs
Mark Canada and Bruce W. Speck
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA (2001)
"What exactly is service-learning?" and "How can I do it effectively?" This volume answers both questions, beginning with a brief overview and then presenting a series of chapters on getting started, promoting reflection, and otherwise making service-learning work effectively.
Discovering Leadership through Service
Kris Binard and Lynn Hertrick Leavitt
Rocky Mountain Press, Longmont. CO (2000)
This book provides faculty and students with information about how to integrate service-learning into leadership courses. This book includes a brief overview of theories and concepts that support the relationship of leadership education and service-learning. In addition, sample forms and worksheets are provided to assist students and faculty with the design, planning and logistics of service-learning experience.
Ecodemia
Julian Keniry
National Wildlife Federation, Washington, DC (1995)
This book is the story of how America's colleges and universities are changing their day-to-day operations in response to a growing environmental awareness.
Ending Hunder Now
George McGovern, Bob Dole and Donald E. Messer
Augsburg Fortress, Minneapolis, MN (2005)
This book was written to help motivate laity and clergy in local congregations to become partners in God's mission and ministry of combating global hunger. It begins with the assumption that, regardless of theological or political persuasion, all people of faith agree on the religious priority of helping those who lack the basic necessities of food to sustain life.
Enhancing The Volunteer Experience
Paul J. Ilsley
Jossey-Bass Publishers, Inc., San Francisco, CA (1990)
In this book, Paul J. Ilsley, draws on a four-year study of volunteers in a variety of fields to provide managers with the insights and practical strategies they need to recruit and retain committed volunteers and to build vigorous, active volunteer programs.
Journey To Service Learning
Robert L. Sigmon and Colleagues
Council of Independent Colleges, Washington, DC (1996)
This book draws on the work of 30 colleges and universities that collaborated in a CIC-sponsored Learning and Service alliance, and another 145 institutions that joined them in CIC's highly successful National Institute on Learning and Service in June 1995. In engaging with and listening to their stories the author and his colleagues have identified a powerful set of ideas that can guide developing Service-learning initiatives and help existing programs find new ways to partner with communities.
Love in the Mortar Joints
Millard Fuller and Diane Scott
New Win Publishing, Inc., Clinton, NJ (1980)
Founder and Executive Director of the four-year-old organization is Millard Fuller, a former millionaire businessman and lawyer who gave us his riches, went to Africa and launched a housing project in Zaire. He and writer Diane Scott, tell in this book his inspiring story of the establishment of three more housing projects in Africa, another in Central America, and ten others in the US. Each one testifies to the dedication and Christian love of thousands of supporters and volunteers from many denominations and countries - a love, says Fuller, that is mixed with the mortar in every building.
More Than Houses
Millard Fuller
Word Publishing, Nashville, TN (2000)
In this book you will find inspiring, true stories of people who didn't have hope- until they had a home. Stories of children who gained identity and confidence for their future. Of families made stronger and healthier and prison inmates who are now giving back to their communities. Of entire communities bonding together around en ethics of hard works and mutual respect. Of denomination, political and racial barriers falling with every swing of the hammer. Of a growing host of young people engaged in the quest to end poverty housing. And even some wonderful love stories.
Outward Bound-Schools Of The Possible
Robert Godfrey
Anchor Press, Garden City, New York (1980)
In this book Robert Godfrey gives us, not the philosophy, not the pedagogic theory, but the experience itself. OUTWARD BOUND is from the point of view of the student, complete with all the difficult, tedious, painful, joyful, demanding, and rewarding things that happen during an Outward Bound course.
Points of Light
Robert Goodwin and Thomas Kinkade
Warner Books, New York, NY (2006)
This book celebrates America's culture of caring with profiles of amazing, true-to-life acts of heroism by everyday people who give their time, energy and passion to help others.
Public Leadership Education
Kettering Foundation
Kettering Foundation, Dayton, OH (1989, 1990 and 1991)
There are 4 volumes of this book with titles: Preparing College Students for Their Civic Roles, Learning about Civic Life, Skills for Democratic Citizenship and Practicing Citizenship.
Recruiting Volunteers A Guide for Non-Profits
Mary Ann Burke, Carl Liljenstolpe
Crisp Publications, Los Altos, CA (1992)
The objective of RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS is to help individuals and organizations define the value of volunteers, evaluate the roles of volunteers, and develop programs to insure the effective use of volunteers.
Service Matters
Barbara Caron
Campus Compact, Providence, RI (1999)
This edition is a collection of stories. Each story profiles a particular campus, describing the community service, service-learning and broader campus-community efforts happening there.
Stewardship: Choosing Service Over Self-Interest
Peter Block
Berrett-Koehler Pub., Inc. San Francisco, CA (1993)
Put real meaning into the ideas of service and accountability. Create a workplace where every member thinks and acts as an owner. Re-integrate the managing of work with the doing of work everyone does real work. Replace self-interest, dependency, and control with service, responsibility, and partnership. Raise the productive capacity of work units and economic success of organizations. Find practical ways for democracy to thrive in the workplace. Re-focus staff groups to serve core workers and give choice to the line. Overturn pay and performance appraisal practices that support a managerial class system.
Take Action: A Guide to Active Citizenship
Mark Kielburger and Craig Kielburger
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ (2002)
Inspired by the vision, spirit and activities of thousands of kids working to improve the lives of others, this book shows how you, too, can change the world.
The Complete Guide to Service Learning
Cathryn Berger Kaye, M.A.
Free Spirit Publishing, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (2004)
Service learning is good for the individual and the community. Students who are active in service learning are more successful in school and life, build and strengthen important skill and feel better about themselves. Communities benefit when youth are active, engaged and contributing member. Service learning brings head and heart together and develops both at the same time. This inviting, exciting, comprehensive guide is for anyone who cares about service learning
The Effective Management of Volunteer Programs
Marlene Wilson
Volunteer Management Associates, Boulder, Co. (1976)
This book is intended to be practical, rather than academic or theoretical. It is a sharing of a basic philosophy about people and how to treat them in a way that encourages growth and self-renewal in individuals and organizations.
The Gift of Leadership
Mark Levin, CAE
B.A.I., Inc., Columbia, MD (1997)
In this book Mark, shares his insight into how to use the leadership experience as a way to motivate and reward volunteers for their dedication and support. You will learn his heartfelt description of the importance of volunteer organizations through his specific suggestions on how to create successful volunteers.
The Journal of Public Affairs
John Saltmarsh
Missouri State University., Missouri (2002)
Civic Engagement and Higher Education.
The Kids Guide to Service Projects
Barbara A. Lewis
Free Spirit Publishing, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (1995)
Flip through this book to find ideas for all kids of service projects, from simple things you can do on your own to large-scale commitments that involve whole communities.
The Mentors Spirit
Marsha Sinetar
Saint Martins Press, New York, NY (1998)
Marsha has a uniquely exquisite ability to see into elements of life as no one else can, and then explain them with new shadings of what is possible if we all just give our best.
The Servant as Leader
Robert K. Greenleaf
The Robert K. Greenleaf Center, Newton Centre, MA (1988)
"Part of the problem is that serve and lead are overused words with negative connotations. But they are also good words and I can find no others that carry as well the meaning I would like to convey. Not everything that is old and worn, or even corrupt, can be thrown away. Some of it has to be rebuilt and used again. So it is, it seems to me, with the words serve and lead." Robert K. Greenleaf
The Theology of the Hammer
Millard Fuller
Smyth & Helwys Publishing, Inc., Macon,GA (1994)
What does "the theology of the hammer" mean? It is the idea or concept is that our Christian faith mandates that we do more than just talk about faith and sing about love. We must put faith and love into action to make them real, to make them come alive for people. Faith must be incarnated; that is to say, it must become more than a verbal proclamation or an intellectual accent. True faith must be acted out.
To Know By Experience-Outward Bound North Carolina
Dan & Diane Meyer
Artcraft Press, Raleigh, NC (1973)
The purpose of Outward Bound is directed at discovering one's inner resources and the dignity of one's fellow man. Specifically, the experience seeks to instill self-reliance, physical fitness and compassion as fundamental values recognizing there are few opportunities to formulate such values in an increasingly technological and urbanized society.
Vacations With A Purpose
Chris Eaton and Kim Hurst
Cook Ministry Resources, Colorado Springs, CO (1996)
If you want to develop a short-term missions program-or lead a short-term missions trip that is smooth, successful and meaningful - this hands-on guide provides all the tools and guidelines you'll need.
Where's The Learning In Service-Learning?
Janet Eyler and Dwight E. Giles, Jr.
Jossey-Bass Inc., San Francisco, CA (1999)
In this book, Eyler and Giles use two national research projects to track the cognitive development of the participants. They are looking to see, if in this ever changing technical world, real learning can occur when there is so much at the fingertips that requires no thinking at all. However, at the base root of it all, the one-on-one relations with people is learning in it's own right.