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portraitAndrew Furco
Assistant Adjunct Professor
Language and Literacy, Society and Culture

Office: 2195 Hearst Avenue, Suite #101
Phone: TEL: (510) 642-3299
Email: afurco@berkeley.edu
Website: gse.berkeley.edu/research/slc

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ndrew Furco is director of the Service-Learning and Research and Development Center, where he oversees several national, state, and local research projects on service-learning in K-12 and higher education, as well as the development of academic service-learning courses throughout the Berkeley campus. His research interests are in experiential education and educational reform. He co-edited the books, Service-Learning through a Multidisciplinary Lens(2002), and Service-Learning: The Essence of the Pedagogy(with S. Billig, 2002). He has also published book chapters and journal articles, including "A Review of Research on Service-Learning in Preservice Teacher Education," in Service-Learning in Teacher Education,edited by J. Anderson et al. (with S. Root, 2001); "Advancing Service-Learning at Research Universities," in Service-Learning: Practical Advice and Models,edited by M. Canada et al. (2001); and "Service-Learning: A Balanced Approach to Experiential Education," in Expanding Boundaries: Serving and Learning,edited by B. Taylor (1996). He serves on several national advisory panels, including the National Service-Learning Partnership Board of Directors, and the Kellogg Learning InDeed National Service-Learning Research Advisory Board. He is also a member of the National Review Board for the Scholarship of Engagement, and served a four-year term (1998-2002) as a Campus Compact National Engaged Scholar for Service-Learning. In 2003, he was named the first John Glenn Scholar in Service-Learning, and he is the recipient of the 2003 Award for Outstanding Contributions to Service-Learning Research, which is given by the Annual International Research Conference on Service-Learning.



Degrees
Ed.D., University of California, Berkeley, Educational Administration

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Areas of Specialization / Interests
Achievement Issues
Cognitive Development
Curriculum Development
Democratic Education
Higher Education Curriculum
Learner-centered Education
Learning
Multicultural Education
Participatory Research
Public Engagement
Research Methods
School and non-school Learning Contexts
School to Work
School-University Collaboration
Service Learning and Experiential Education
Social and Emotional Development
Urban Leadership
Urban Schooling

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Last Modified: 8/1/07