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The following are titles of current publications written by the Center's staff. For information on how to obtain copies of these materials, please contact the Service Learning Center.


BOOKS

Furco, A. and Billig, S.H., Eds., Service-Learning: The Essence of the Pedagogy. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, 2002.

Ammon, M. S., Ed. Joining Hands: Preparing teachers to make meaningful home-school connections. Sacramento, CA: California Department of Education and the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, 1998.


JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS

Furco, A. (In press). Institutionalizing service-learning in higher education. Journal of Public Affairs.

Furco, A. (In press). Issues of definition and program diversity in the study of service-learning. In Waterman, A., Ed., Methodological Issues in Service-Learning Research. Lawrence Erlbaum Publishing Company.

Furco, A. Service-learning in teacher education: An overview of the research. (with Susan Root). In Anderson, J. and Swick, K. Eds., Strengthening Service and Learning in Teacher Education. Washington, DC: American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education and the ERIC Clearinghouse on Teaching and Teacher Education, 2001.

Furco, A. Advancing service-learning at research universities. In Canada, M. and Speck, B, Eds., Service Learning: Practical Advice and Models. New Directions in Higher Education Series. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2001.

Furco, A. Establishing a national center for research on service-learning: studying service-learning through a systematic approach. Michigan Journal of Community Service-Learning. University of Michigan, 129-133, Fall 2000.

Furco, A. Research notes: Exploring and advancing research in experiential education. NSEE Quarterly. Raleigh: National Society for Experiential Education, 26(3), 18-20, 25, Spring 2000.

Furco, A. and Weiss, B. KWLs and anchor tasks: Assessing the dimensions of student learning through service. In Bonthron, S. & Gordon, R, Eds., National Service-Learning Assessment Network: Field Guide for Authentic Assessments in Service-Learning. Washington DC: Corporation for National Service, Part V, 1-26, 1999. (Download the pdf of this chapter from Vermont Community Works.)

Furco, A. Research notes (Part II): Dissertation studies of school-to-work. NSEE Quarterly. Raleigh: National Society for Experiential Education, 24(1), 17-19, Fall 1998.

Furco, A. Research notes (Part I): Dissertation studies of service-learning. NSEE Quarterly. Raleigh: National Society for Experiential Education, 23(4), 14-16, Summer 1998.

Ammon, M. S. Probing and promoting teachers’ thinking about service-learning: Toward a theory of teacher development. In S. H. Billig & A. Furco (Eds.), Service-learning through a multidiscipliniary lens (pp. 33–54). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, 1998.

Furco, A. Research notes: The use of grand assessments in K-12 service-learning research. NSEE Quarterly. Raleigh: National Society for Experiential Education, 22 (3), 17, Spring 1997.

Furco, A. Service-learning and school to work: making the connections. Journal of Cooperative Education. Bethesda: Cooperative Education Association, XXXII(1), 7-14, Fall 1996.

Furco, A. Service-learning as education reform. In Gulati-Partee, G. & Finger, W., Eds., Critical Issues in K-12 Service-Learning. Raleigh: National Society for Experiential Education, 137-143, 1996.

Furco, A. Service-learning: a balanced approach to experiential education. Expanding Boundaries: Serving and Learning. Washington, DC: Corporation for National Service, 2-6, 1996.

Furco, A. A conceptual framework for the institutionalization of youth service programs in primary and secondary education. Journal of Adolescence, 17, 395-409, 1994.