Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-2000

Publication Title

The High School Journal

First Page

36

Last Page

47

Abstract

This article examines the value and usefulness of expanding a particular approach to service learning in an educational setting. As a result of participating in a graduate seminar that combined cultural studies with service learning, reflecting on involvement in a service project, and a careful reading of relevant literature, the authors advocate for a more critical engagement with the reality of overwhelming social injustice. Moreover, the authors suggest a four-step framework (critical service learning), which is informed by both cultural studies and critical pedagogy. Finally, the authors argue for the adaptation of this framework into the school curriculum-thereby providing students with particular tools which foster a critical engagement with society.

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© 2000 The University of North Carolina Press

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