Service Learning as Pedagogy in Early Childhood Education

Chapter 1 Integrating Service Learning into Early Childhood Teacher Education: A Theoretical Perspective

Chapter 2 Redefining Early Childhood Epistemology: Exploring Service-Learning Pedagogy in an Early Childhood Context

Chapter 3 Preschool Teacher Education in Sweden and Australia: The Importance of Reflection for Understanding Context

Chapter 4 Academic Service Learning and Cultural Competence in Teacher Education

Chapter 5 Shaping Service-Learning Spaces for Preservice Teachers to Experience and Learn to Teach for Diversity

Chapter 6 HBCUs to the Rescue: Utilizing Service-Learning Pedagogy to Improve Teacher Preparation in Early Childhood Education

Chapter 7 Open Doors Field Trips: Making Connections with Minority Students Through the Creation of Vision Boards

Chapter 8 Interdisciplinary Service Learning: From Teacher Education Programs to Early Childhood Facilities

Chapter 9 Service Learning in the Sullivan Literacy Center

Chapter 10 Service Learning Through a Literacy Tutoring Program

Chapter 11 Service Learning as the New Lab School: Engaging Pre-service Art Educators Within Local Communities of Art and Knowledge

Chapter 12 Tackling Science Instruction Through “Science Talks” and Service Learning

Chapter 13 “If I’m in the Grass and These Boots Overflow, I Could Water the Plants”: Exploring the Natural World as Service Learning with Young Children