Iqbal Ahmad

This book examines key concepts, principles, and applications of the service-learning approach. Service-learning is a community-based educational approach to improve a student’s academic, personal, leadership, civic, and professional development through civic engagement. Unlike other traditional approaches to education, service-learning students can use their classroom-based knowledge and skills in a real-life context in collaboration with community organisations and residents.This volume explores the theory, research, and practices of how service-learning is understood, implemented, and evaluated in different contexts. It provides essential guidelines to implement and integrate service-learning at educational institutions through extensive discussions on the principles, philosophical challenges, opportunities, and its applications. Key themes include:• Theory of service-learning• Concept of service-learning• Challenges to service-learning • Applications of service-learning• Service-learning as professional development• Service-learning as communicationAccessibly written, this book would be of interest to faculty, students, community organisations, and researchers working in the areas of education, pedagogy, sociology, and social work.

This book examines key concepts, principles, and applications of the service-learning approach. Service-learning is a community-based educational approach to improve a student’s academic, personal, leadership, civic, and professional development through civic engagement. Unlike other traditional approaches to education, service-learning students can use their classroom-based knowledge and skills in a real-life context in collaboration with community organisations and residents.This volume explores the theory, research, and practices of how service-learning is understood, implemented, and evaluated in different contexts. It provides essential guidelines to implement and integrate service-learning at educational institutions through extensive discussions on the principles, philosophical challenges, opportunities, and its applications. Key themes include:• Theory of service-learning• Concept of service-learning• Challenges to service-learning • Applications of service-learning• Service-learning as professional development• Service-learning as communicationAccessibly written, this book would be of interest to faculty, students, community organisations, and researchers working in the areas of education, pedagogy, sociology, and social work.

Borates are among the most widely used compounds in chemical and related fields. They have extensive applications in consumer products including pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, insecticides, preservatives, detergents, bleaching agents and enamels. This book provides a thorough background of the chemical, pharmaceutical and pharmacological aspects of borates and their industrial applications. It contains extensive information for academic and industrial research workers in their fields of interest and gives them a collective view of the importance and current state of knowledge in this vastly growing subject.