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Service-Learning and Sustainability Education

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Action inquiry; Action learning; Action research; Co-inquiry; Collaborative action research; Cooperative inquiry; Experiential learning; Internship; Living case study; Negotiated work-based learning; Problem-based learning; Reflective practice; Service-learning; Systemic inquiry; Work-based learning

Definition

Service learning has been described as a philosophy, pedagogy, and a program underpinned by learning through experience and reciprocity (mutual development). Service learning as an approach to sustainability education adopts these ideas toward aspects of sustainable development (e.g., supporting community resilience, recycling, or local health promotion).

Introduction

In the context of higher education, service-learning has been adopted for various dimensions of sustainability education across disciplines including environmental studies (Helicke 2014), engineering (Seay et al. 2016), entrepreneurship (Niehm et al. 2015), nursing (Dalmida et al. 2016), clinical studies...

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Wall, T. (2019). Service-Learning and Sustainability Education. In: Leal Filho, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability in Higher Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63951-2_227-1

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