Life, Learning, and Community: Concepts and Models for Service Learning in Biology

The articles in this volume present a diverse array of service-learning courses in biology. They stimulate thought and encourage biologists to either increase their efforts to incorporate service-learning into their courses or embark upon it for the first time. Contents:

• Educational Benefits Associated With Service-Learning Projects in Biology Curricula by John C. Kennell
• An Environmental Science Approach to Service-Learning in Biology by Jeffrey A. Simmons
• Service-Learning in Botany: A Public School Project by Nancy K. Prentiss
• Service Stimulates Science Learning in At-Risk Kids: The Millikin Model by Marianne Robertson
• Virginia STEP: Evidence That Service-Learning Can Enhance a College Biology Program by Alan Raflo
• Service-Learning in Biology: Providing a College Experience for High School Students by Scott S. Kinnes
• Expanding the Reach of University Courses in Biology and Health to Provide Meaningful Service to Undeserved Communities by Amal Abu-Shakra and Tun Kyaw Nyein
• Community and Environmental Compatibility in the York River Watershed: A Project-Based Interdisciplinary Service-Learning Course by A. Christine Brown and Samuel A. McReynolds
• Service-Learning in Biology: Using the Internet and Desktop Video Conferencing by Paul D. Austin
• Service-Learning in the Natural Sciences: North Seattle Community College by Peter Lortz
• Service-Learning and Field Biology in Post-Colonial Perspective: The Bahamas Environmental Research Center as a Case Study by Luther Brown
• Biology and Service-Learning: Logical Links by Joel H. Ostroff and David C. Brubaker
• Includes appendix, reprints From Science and Society: Redefining the Relationship (Campus Compact, 1996), summary course descriptions, and suggested readings