Chapter II: An International Perspective on Service-Learning

Centre for Research on Youth and the National Youth Leadership Council. Youth in the 1990s (Halifax, NS.: Dalhousie University, 1986). Authors from Canada, Germany, Great Britain, the United States, and Venezuela examine various aspects of National Service.

Dickson Mora . A Chance to Serve (London: Dobson Books, 1976). Describes the trail-blazing work of the author's husband, Alec Dickson, who founded Great Britain's Voluntary Service Overseas in 1958 and Community Service Volunteers in 1962.

Eaton Joseph W. , and Chen Michael . Influencing the Youth Culture (Beverly Hills, Calif.: Sage Publications, 1971). Focuses on youth participation and acculturation in Israel.

Eberly Donald J. National Service: A Promise to Keep (Rochester, N.Y.: John Alden Books, 1988). Contains an autobiographical account of the evolution of National Service and service-learning in the U.S.A. from 1946 to 1988.

Eberly Donald J. , and Sherraden Michael eds. The Moral Equivalent of War? A Study of Non-Military Service in Nine Nations (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1990). Describes and compares National Service programs in Canada, China, Costa Rica, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Mexico, Nigeria, and the United States.

Hardjasoemantri Koesnadi Dr. . Study-service as a Subsystem in Indonesian Higher Education (Jakarta: PN BALAI PUSTAKA, 1982). Focuses on community service by university students as part of the educational process and as a contribution to rural villages.

Kwafo-Akoto Kate ; Moahi Kgomotso H. ; and Monageng Syella B. Report of the National Conference on Tirelo Setshaba, 19-23 November 1991: Strategies for Future Implementation (Gaborone, Botswana: Tirelo Setshaba, Private Bag 116, 1991). Reviews the progress and setbacks of Tirelo Setshaba in its first ten years and considers future options.

Rosenstock-Huessy Eugen . Planetary Service (Norwich, Vermont: Argo Books, 1978). Originally published as Dienst auf dem Planeten (Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1965), this book makes a case for a truly international civilian youth service. The author argued for a work service corps in Germany as early as 1912 and took refuge in the United States in 1933.

Special Senate Committee on Youth. YOUTH: A Plan of Action (Ottawa, 1986). The Committee, chaired by Senator Jacques Hébert, recommends a Young Canadians’ Community Service Program open to all Canadians aged 17-24 as a major part of a comprehensive youth policy.