Street Teaching in the Tenderloin, 1st ed. 2017 Jumpin' Down the Rabbit Hole

This book is an ethnographic account of San Francisco?s most inner city neighborhood, the Tenderloin. Using its streets as campus and its people as teachers, Stannard-Friel uses storytelling as a way of explaining why inner city social problems, such as homelessness, drugs, prostitution, untreated mental illness, and death of young people by murders and suicides, exist and persist there. The work delves into who lives in the Tenderloin and why, the role of dedicated service providers in meeting people?s needs and encouraging social change, and what lessons university students, many coming from their own challenging backgrounds, learn through community engagement and service learning that encourage understanding, compassion, and meaningful contributions to society. The work also explores how life in the area is changing, and why so many youth report that they ?love living in the Tenderloin.?

Presents an ethnographic account of inner city life in San Francisco's Tenderloin District

Explores the context of community-based learning within the educational community

Engages readers in discussions about the direct learning movement