Service Learning as Pedagogy in Early Childhood Education

Foreword.- 1. Integrating Service Learning into Early Childhood Teacher Education: A Theoretical Perspective; Ithel Jones.- 2. Redefining Early Childhood Epistemology: Exploring Service-learning Pedagogy in an Early Childhood Context; Christian Winterbottom and Mary Frances Munday.- 3. Preschool Teacher Education in Sweden and Australia: The Importance of Reflection for Understanding Context; Susanne Garvis and Sonja Sheridan.- 4. Academic Service Learning and Cultural Competence in Teacher Education; Regena F. Nelson, Evelyn Winfield- Thomas and Moi Mooi Lew.- 5. Shaping Service-learning Spaces for Preservice Teachers to Experience and Learn to Teach for Diversity; Claire Desrochers.- 6. HBCUs to the Rescue: Utilizing Service-learning Pedagogy to Improve Teacher Preparation in Early Childhood Education; Gerrelyn C. Patterson, Yolanda L. Dunston and e: 13.3333px;">Kisha N. Daniels.- 7. Open Doors Field Trips: Making Connections with Minority Students through the Creation of Vision Boards; Natalie J. Young.- 8. Interdisciplinary Service Learning: From Teacher Education Programs to Early Childhood Facilities; Annah L. Hill.- 9. Service Learning in the Sullivan Literacy Center; Gina M. Doepker.- 10. Service Learning through a Literacy Tutoring Program; DeAnna M. Laverick and Kelli R. Paquette.- 11. Service Learning as the New Lab School: Engaging Pre-service Art Educators within Local Communities of Art and Knowledge; Marissa McClure.- 12. Tackling Science Instruction through "Science Talks" and Service Learning; Tina J. Cartwright and Suzanne L. Smith.- 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; Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler, Cara McClain and Cynthia Fair.- 14. Problem-Solution Projects with Young Children; Francheska D. Starks, Lindsay Wyczalkowski, Stacie Walker and Vera L Stenhouse.- Afterword.