JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 5 , Pages 284-289 , June 2007

Pedogogy Meets Practice: Service-Learning in Gerontology and Geriatrics

An earlier version of this paper was presented as the keynote address at the Teaching in the Community: Partnerships in Learning, Faculty Development Conference on Service-Learning in Gerontology and Geriatrics, California Association of Long-Term Care Medicine, in collaboration with the Northern California Geriatric Education Center (CGEC), March, 2006.

  • Rona J. Karasik, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Rona J. Karasik, PhD, Director, Gerontology Program, Department of Community Studies, St Cloud State University, St Cloud, MN 56301-4498.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.02.012

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Volume 8, Issue 5 , Pages 284-289 , June 2007

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