Community Service-Learning in the Social Studies: Historical Roots, Empirical Evidence, Critical Issues?

Theory and Research in Social Education

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 331-359

  Saxe, David Warren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001247725     PISSN: 00933104     EISSN: 21631654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00933104.1996.10505783     Document Type: Article

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