"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

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