Chapter 4: The Diffusion of Academic Service-Learning in Teacher Education: A Case Study Approach

In the past decade, there has been a growing movement to integrate academic service-learning into teacher education. However, the competing demands of teacher preparation, coupled with issues related to not only using, but also teaching the pedagogy of academic service-learning, may make the diffusion in teacher education more complex than in other disciplines. This chapter presents the results of a study that investigated the effectiveness of a particular model of training and technical assistance on the diffusion of academic service-learning in four teacher education programs. Case studies of the programs are presented and results are related to those in the literature on educational change and other disciplines in higher education.