Transforming Teacher Education Through Service-Learning - 9781623964184

Transforming Teacher Education Through Service-LearningAuthor(s): Virginia M. Jagla, Joseph A. Erickson, Alan S. Tinkler\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Emerald Publishing Inc, United States\nImprint: Information Age Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781623964184, 978-1623964184\nSynopsis\nTransforming Teacher Education through Service-Learning provides a fresh look at educational reform through the lens of teacher preparation. It poses the question Why service-learning now? as it discusses the meaningful ways service-learning pedagogy can transform the approaches used to prepare teachers to educate tomorrows children.\n\nThe pedagogy of service-learning has significant implications for teacher education. Its transformative aspects have far reaching potential to address teacher candidate dispositions and provide deeper understanding of diversity. Knowledge of the pedagogy and how to implement it in candidates future classrooms could alter education to a more powerful experience of democracy in ac.