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Library Resources Filtered by Author: "Kate McPherson"

Total number of Library Resources: 15

Learn, Serve, Succeed: Tools and Techniques for Youth Service-Learning (2011)

This resource is designed to take the reader through the entire service-learning process, beginning to end, from choosing a...
Service Equals Learning [cd-rom] (1997)

This cd-rom contains nearly 500 articles and more than 1,000 pages of resources for implementing service-learning at the...
Service Learning: Making a Difference in the Community. (1997)

McPherson addresses issues concerning community-based service-learning. She describes several community-based projects and...
Enriching the Curriculum through Service Learning (1995)

In this practical guide to service-learning, 21 contributors describe specific service-learning projects that have enhanced the...
Introduction: Changing Perceptions to Integrate Community Service Learning into Education. (1995)

This is the introductory chapter to a book that presents stories and examples of service-learning from practitioners in the...
Conclusion: Challenges for the Future. (1995)

The authors write that service-learning is both a mindset and pedagogy. As a mindset, it influences how we design instruction...
Connections: Community Service and School Reform Recommendations (1991)

Some school districts are experimenting with learning experiences outside the classroom that benefit the community and engage...
Project Service Leadership: School Service Projects in Washington State. (1991)

Three years ago, a coalition of three Washington State districts, Peninsula, Tacoma, and Issaquah, began cooperating to help...
Enriching Learning through Service: a Tale of Three Districts. (1990)

This article highlights service-learning programs in three Washington State school districts, Issaquah, Peninsula, and Tacoma....
Service-Learning Advances School Improvement (1990)

The paper concludes that service learning helps students learn; enriches the curriculum; brings schools, families, and...
Developing Caring Children. (1989)

The brochure highlights behavior training and ideas that parents can use to help form caring children. Parents must model...
Enriching Learning Through Service: Learning Log (1989)

These journal exercises are designed to help teachers develop curricula which integrate traditional learning objectives with...
Infusing Service into School Programs ()

McPherson addresses practical questions related to integrating service-learning and elementary and secondary education, such as...
How Service-Learning Complements Multicultural Education ()

Both service-learning and multicultural education are based on the belief that students regardless of affiliations such as race...
Principal's Role in Supporting Youth Community Service, (The) ()

The role of the principal is central to the effectiveness of community-service programs. There are a variety of ways that a...