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• Recommended reading

  Books

  Commitment and Connection: Service-Learning and Christian Higher Education

  Heffner, G. H., & Beversluis, C. (2002). Commitment and connection: Service-learning and Christian higher education. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, Inc.

  Read review by Jeffrey Bouman

  Read review by Garry Hesser

  Selected commitment and connection chapters

  • "Introduction" by Gail Gunst Heffner and Claudia Beversluis
  • "Creating Social Capital through Service-Learning and Community Development at Faith-Based Liberal Arts Colleges" by Gail Gunst Heffner
  • "International Service-Learning: A Call to Caution" by Kurt Ver Beek
  • "Kantian Moral Education and Service-Learning" by John Hare
  • "The Development of an Ethic of Service to a Place" by Janel Curry
  • "History of the Development of Academically Based Service-Learning at Calvin College" by Rhonda Berg

   

  Building Partnerships for Service-Learning

  Jacoby, B. (2003). Building partnerships for service-learning. San Franciso, CA: Jossey-Bass. Read review

  Service-Learning Code of Ethics

  Chapdelain, A., Ruis, A., Warchal, J., & Wells, C. (2005). Service-learning code of ethics. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company, Inc. Read review

• Articles

  • Bouman, J. (2013). Faithfully present: Building the universe, each in our own inexplicable ways. The Cresset, 76, 16-25.
  • Barr, R. B., & Tagg, J. (1995). From teaching to learning: A new paradigm for undergraduate education Change, 27, 13-25.
  • Bradley, J. (1995). A model for evaluating student learning in academically based service. In Connecting cognition and action: Evaluation of student performance in service-learning courses (13-27). Denver, CO: Education Commission of the States/Campus Compact.
  • Byker, G. (1996, May 19). Ivory towers deserve to fall. Grand Rapids Press, pp. E1, E4.
  • Curry, J. M., Heffner, G., & Warners, D. (2002). Environmental service-learning: Social transformation through caring for a particular place. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 9(1), 58-66.
  • Hare, J. (1999. October 28). How do we seek justice? [Chapel talk]. Grand Rapids, MI: Calvin College.
  • Hoekema, D. (2000). Foreword. In C. D. Lisman & I. E. Harvey (Eds.), Beyond the tower: Concepts and models for service-learning in philosophy (ix-xii). Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing, LLC.
  • Musil, C. M. (2003). Educating for citizenship. Peer Review, 5(3), 1-6.
  • Ream, T. (2004). Tale of two cities: Service-learning as Christian educational practice. Growth, 2, 4-13.
  • Schaffer, R. H. (2004). Service-learning in Christian higher education: Bringing our mission to life. Christian Higher Education, 3(2), 127-145.
  • Snarr, M. (2003). The university of social justice: Beyond community service, colleges educate for social change. Sojourners Magazine, 32(3), 28-32.
  • Van Engen, J. A. (2000). Short term missions: Are they worth the cost? The Other Side.
  • Warners, D., & Bouman, J. (2009). Faith, hope, and... sustainability. The Gospel and Culture Project.
  • Wolterstorff, N. (1983). For justice in shalom. In Until justice and peace embrace (69-72). Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
  • Wolterstorff, N. (1983). The mission of the Christian college at the end of the 20th century. [Convocation speech]. Wheaton, IL: Wheaton College.
  • Wolterstorff, N. (1993). Teaching responsibility. Spectrum, 25, 9-18.