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Contribution to Book
General Education: Herding Cats and Making History in a Large General Education Social Welfare Course
Social Work and Service Learning (2007)
  • Robin Allen, Boise State University
  • William Rainford, Boise State University
  • Roy W. Rodenhiser, Boise State University
  • Kara Brascia, Boise State University
Abstract

At Boise State University, a strong collaborative relationship exists between the School of Social Work (which we will refer to as the School) and the campuswide Service-Learning Program (Boise State SLP). We maximize this relationship by incorporating a service-learning component into our "Introduction to Social Welfare" course. This chapter describes the nuts and bolts of how we integrate service learning into this course and how this course fits into the overall mission of the university. In addition, we provide a brief evaluation of how the service-learning experience impacts student learning, community agencies, and the overall quality of the course.

Keywords
  • service learning
Publication Date
July 8, 2007
Editor
Meryl Nadel, Virginia Majewski, and Marilyn Sullivan-Cosetti
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Citation Information
Robin Allen, William Rainford, Roy W. Rodenhiser and Kara Brascia. "General Education: Herding Cats and Making History in a Large General Education Social Welfare Course" LanhamSocial Work and Service Learning (2007)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/roy_rodenhiser/5/