ELP 542 Introduction to Service-Learning: Theoretical & Pedagogical Perspectives in Postsecondary Education

Fundamental principles and practices of service-learning in postsecondary education. Service-learning pedagogy, its relationship to adult development, historical foundations in educational institutions, and civic education. Resources and organizations, and issues of race, class, gender, and power in service-learning. Required participation in a service-learning project provides practice in application of theories.