With Service in Mind: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Psychology

This book begins with six articles that address how psychological theory, research, and practice bear on collaborating with communities, interpreting changes in students, and using psychological techniques to understand and act on social problems. The remaining articles demonstrate how service-learning can be effectively integrated into a variety of psychology courses so that student learning is enhanced in breadth and depth. Articles include the following:

• Collaborating with the Community: Psychology and Service-Learning- Donna Duffy and Robert Bringle
• An Overview of Current Psychological Theory and Research on Altruism and Prosocial Behavior- Martha Kitzrow
• Service-Learning and Psychology: Lessons from the Psychology of Volunteers' Motivations- E. Gil Clary, et al
• Attributions About Misery: A Social Psychological Analysis- Robert Bringle and Pamela Velo
• Developmental Psychology and Service-Learning: A Theoretical Framework- Jay Brandenberger
• Service-Learning and the Development of Expert Citizens: Service-Learning and Cognitive Science- Janet Eyler, at al
• The Helping Alliance and Service-Learning- Jeremy Leeds/ Professor McKenna Teaches Introductory Psychology- Donna Duffy and Robert Bringle
• Strategies for Service-Learning: Internalization and Empowerment by Carol Werner
• Service-Learning: From Process to Impact- Randall Osborne, et al
• Human Relations: A Service-Learning Approach- David Johnson
• Bringing Undergraduate Service-Learning Into a High-Risk, Urban Environment- Maurice Elias and Gregg Gambone
• Service-Learning Through Action-Research Partnerships- Georgia Nigro and Stanton Wortham
• Service-Learning and Cross-Cultural Psychology- Iva GreyWolf
• Reflections on an Established Service-Learning Program: The Development Disabilities Immersion Program at UCLA- Arvan Fluharty and Parvin Kassaie
• Applying Service-Learning to the Problem of Prejudice: A Psychology and Theater Course- Stevenson Carlebach and Jefferson Singer