RECOMMENDED READING & RESOURCES ON SERVICE-LEARNING & CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

Astin, A.W., Vogelgesang, L.H., Ikeda, E. K., & Yee, J. A. How Service Learning Affects Students (Higher Education Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles), 2000.

Banks, J. Foreword. In Parker, W. C., Educating the Democratic Mind (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press), 1996.

Barber, B. R. Strong Democracy (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press), 1984.

Barber, B. R. From Classroom to Community Service: A Bridge to Citizenship (Los Angeles: National Youth Service Network, Constitutional Rights Foundation), 1992.

Battistoni, Richard. “Service Learning and Civic Education,” Education for Civic Engagement in Democracy, Service Learning and Other Promising Practices (ERIC), 2000.

Berry, C. and Mindes, G.. Planning a Theme-Based Curriculum: Goals, Themes, Activities, and Planning Guides for 4’s and 5’s (Good Year), 1993.

California Department of Education. History Social Science Framework (Sacramento, CA: CDE), 1997.

California Department of Education. Service-Learning, Linking Classrooms and Communities, The Report of the Service-Learning Task Force (CDE), 1999. ISBN 0-8011-1452-7

Campus Compact. President’s Declaration on the Civic Responsibility of Higher Education (Campus Compact), 2000.

Center for Civic Education. National Standards for Civics and Government (Calabasas, CA: Author), 1994.

Character Education Partnership. Character Educator (Washington, DC: Character Education Partnership), 1997.

Civic Partners. Pew Partnership for Civic Change Report (Charlottesville, VA: University of Richmond), 1997.

Clark, Todd. Rethinking Civic Education for the 21st Century.

Communitarian Network. Character Building for a Democratic Society (Washington, DC: Author), 1997.

“Community Activism on Rise Among Students.” Los Angeles Times Supplement: Campus & Careers, p.10, May 10, 1998.

Constitutional Rights Foundation Network, three editions:

Winter 1996-97, Volume 6, Number 2: Service-Learning: Visions and Prospects
Spring 2000, Volume 8, Number 1: Focus on Civic Responsibility
Fall 2001, Volume 8, Number 3: Focus on Creating the Missing Link: Local Government, Service Learning and Civic Education

Education Commission of the States, Every Student a Citizen: Creating the Democratic Self (ECS), 2000.

Ehrlich, Tom. Civic Responsibility and Higher Education (Oryx Press), 2000.

Etzioni, A. “How Not to Discuss Character Education,” Phi Delta Kappan 79(6), 446-448, February, 1998.

Halperin, Samuel. A Guide for the Powerless and Those Who Don’t Know Their Own Power, A Primer on American Political Process, (American Youth Policy Forum).

Kohn, A. “How Not to Teach Values,” Phi Delta Kappan 78(6), 428-433, February, 1997.

Kohn, A. “Adventures in Ethics Versus Behavior Control: A Reply to My Critics,” Phi Delta Kappan 79, (6), 455-459, February, 1998.

Mann, Sheilah and Patrick, John J.. Education for Civic Engagement in Democracy, Service Learning and Other Promising Practices (Educational Resources Information Center), 2000.
ISBN 0-941339-50-5

Mindes, G. and Donavan, M.A. Building Character: Five Enduring Themes for a Stronger Early Childhood Curriculum (Allyn& Bacon), 2001.

National Assessment Governing Board. Civics Framework for the 1998 National Assessment for Educational Progress (Washington, DC: NAEP Governing Board of the U.S. Department of Education), 1997.

National Commission on Service-Learning. Learning in Deed: The Power of Service-Learning for American Schools (National Commission on Service-Learning), 2002.

National Council for the Social Studies. Position Statement (Washington, DC: National Council for the Social Studies), 1996.

National Partnering Initiative on Education and Civil Society. Strategic Plan, Partnering Initiative on Education and Civil Society (Washington, DC: Author), 1998.

Nielsen, L. Search Summary: The status of Character Education from the Perspective of State Departments of Education. Social Studies Review (San Francisco, CA: California Council for the Social Studies), 1997.

Oakes, J., Quartz, K. H., Lipton, M., & Ryan, S.. Becoming Good American Schools: The Struggle for Civic Virtue in Education Reform.

Patrick, John J.. “Introduction to Education for Civic Education in Democracy,” from Education for Civic Engagement in Democracy, Service Learning and Other Promising Practices (ERIC), 2000.

Sax, L. J., Astin, A. W., Korn, W. S., & Mahoney, K. M., The American Freshman: National Norms for Fall 1997 (Los Angeles, CA: Higher Education Research Institute, UCLA), 1997.

Schneider, Carol Geary. “Educational Missions and Civic Responsibility: Toward the Engaged Academy” from Civic Responsibility and Higher Education (Phoenix, Arizona: Oryx Press), 2000. ISBN 1-57356-289-0