USING SERVICE LEARNING TO CHANGE SOCIAL STRUCTURE: The Gulf Coast Civic Works Project
Publication Date
1-1-2023
Document Type
Contribution to a Book
Publication Title
Research, Advocacy, and Political Engagement: Multidisciplinary Perspectives Through Service Learning
DOI
10.4324/9781003446798-12
First Page
144
Last Page
158
Abstract
In fall 2003, I set out to see if it was possible to change social structure through service learning. I had been involved in the service-learning movement for almost 20 years. I had personally taken 20 student groups on domestic and international summer service-learning trips, taught over 30 service-learning courses, developed three service-learning leadership programs, and wrote my dissertation and six articles on service learning. I had dedicated my entire professional career to service learning; however, I began to have doubts about the effectiveness of service learning to change society.
Department
Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
Recommended Citation
Scott Myers-Lipton. "USING SERVICE LEARNING TO CHANGE SOCIAL STRUCTURE: The Gulf Coast Civic Works Project" Research, Advocacy, and Political Engagement: Multidisciplinary Perspectives Through Service Learning (2023): 144-158. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003446798-12
