Social Theories and Service-Learning: Towards Building an Integrated Service-Learning Sociological Framework

• Main Authors: Abenir, Mark Anthony D., Ma, Carol Hok Ka
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
• Subjects: community engagement; community participation; functionalism; conflict and critical perspectives; symbolic interactionism; empowerment; service-learning; Civic and Community Engagement; Development Studies
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/dev-stud-faculty-pubs/68; https://discovery.indstate.edu/jcehe/index.php/joce/article/view/612

This theoretical paper anchors service-learning (S-L) in three broad sociological theories. From there; discussions on the actual implementation of S-L based on these theories are explained to build an integrated S-L sociological framework. Four S-L modalities of community engagement are identified—...