Lin W Lan

Service-Learning has proved to be a powerful and practical methodology and tool with far-reaching implications. Benefits have included increased civic engagement, enhanced sense of purpose, greater feeling of fulfillment, nurtured creativity, and promotion of problem-solving skills and social respon...

This fourth book in the series on service-learning from the University of Indianapolis Press highlights service-learning (SL) theories and methods in higher education, presents selected case studies of local projects that exemplify the theories and methods in action, and points the way toward future...

Needlework is the way that modest Chinese women expressed their love. Under the warm glow of candlelight, a woman might sew a bib for her newborn baby or embroidering shoes for her husband. It could be a windy, rainy night, or in the dead of winter, but the image of a woman with her needlework can w...

"For southwestern Chinese minorities, baby carriers are not only charged with a very unique emotional message, but the entire process of raising silkworms, producing silk, embroidery, patchwork, dyeing, and design is extremely refined and carries a flare to it that is all its own. The most important...