Multicultural Service Learning

This in-depth look at the relationship between service learning and issues of diversity is a virtual blueprint for helping teachers (pre- and in-service) bring increased understanding of diversity to all classrooms. Because there is only so much you can teach about culture, difference, and power in a university classroom, service learning is becoming an essential companion to multicultural teacher education. This volume shows how the author collaborated with community partners and pre-service teachers to jointly construct the service learning supplement to a multicultural education course—from the bottom up.

Organized into three parts, this much-needed text:

• Proposes theoretical, conceptual, and philosophical frameworks for community service learning in multicultural education
• Examines findings from several qualitative research studies in relation to service learning conducted within the author’s multicultural education course
• Shows an inside view of “what really happens” in actual practice and suggests avenues for further research

Marilynne Boyle-Baise is an associate professor in Curriculum and Instruction at Indiana University, Bloomington.

"An excellent contribution to the field of community service learning and
multicultural education. Given her extensive research work and publication history on this topic, I anticipate that Boyle-Baise's text will become a standard."
—Carolyn O'Grady, editor of Integrating Service Learning and Multicultural Education in Colleges and Universities

“Marilynne Boyle-Baise brings much-needed clarity to the complex interplay of service-learning, multicultural education, and teacher preparation. This book provides valuable, new insights into the educative role of service-learning in multicultural education.”
— Andrew Furco, University of California-Berkeley

"This is a gem of a book! With passion, insightful inquiry, and deep respect for people she works with, Marilynne Boyle-Baise challenges common conceptions of multicultural service learning. This is must-reading for multicultural teacher educators and service learning advocates."
— Christine Sleeter, Director, Institute for Advanced Studies in Education,
California State University, Monterey Bay