Service learning means different things to different people. The continuum runs from youth performing simple acts of charity or service-such as tutoring,visiting a home for the elderly, or doing a "beach sweep"- to youth tackling real community problems as part of their school curriculum. The latter form of service learning finds youth working hand-in-hand with adults as, together, they find real solutions to community problems.

In this edition guest editor Alan Melchior joins John Terry in designing a state-of-the-art service-learning collection that represents the best in theory, research, and practice. Here's a sneak-preview of the contents; look for the publication this fall, 2002.


Service-Learning: A Critical Pedagogy for American Schools
Senator John Glenn, Leslie F. Hergert, Ed.D.
The National Commission on Service-Learning

Service-Learning: Positive Youth Development in the Classroom
Jim Kielsmeier, Carole Klopp
National Youth Leadership Council

Broadening the Bounds of Service-Learning: Creating Community Change
Kristen Spangler, Wes Teter
The Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development

Participatory Action Research, Service-Learning, and Community Youth Development
Marlene J. Berg, Donna C. Owens, Jean J. Schensul
Institute for Community Research

Pathways to Change: Linking Service to Sustainable Change
Michael McCabe
Deputy Director of Peace Corps, Dominican Republic

Building Social and Civic Capital through Service-Learning:
In Practice and In Systematic Study
Ann L. Rappoport, Ph.D.,
Kids Around Town

The New Service-Learning Advocacy
Kenny Holdsman and Peter Mitchell
Academy for Educational Development