Assessing service-learning in teacher education.(Section II: Program Level Assessments of Innovation)

From: Teacher Education Quarterly | Date: June 22, 2005| Author: Karayan, Silva; Gathercoal, Paul | Copyright information

An Overview of Service-Learning in Teacher Education

In preservice teacher education programs throughout the country, service-learning is proliferating. A survey conducted by the National Service-Learning in Teacher Education Partnership (1998) reported that more than 225 of the approximately 1,200 teacher education programs in the nation offer service-learning experiences, and another 200 are interested in developing such opportunities for pre-service teachers. Although...

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