David M Donahue, Star Plaxton-Moore

The Student Companion to Community-Engaged Learning

What You Need to Know for Transformative Learning and Real Social Change

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This compact, accessibly written text is designed for students to read and reflect on independently or to foster discussion in class on their motivations and dispositions toward community engagement and service learning. It prepares students to work with diverse individuals, groups, and organisations that may be outside their prior experience.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 132
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 227g
• ISBN-13: 9781620366486
• ISBN-10: 1620366487
• Artikelnr.: 51139745

Autorenporträt

David M. Donahue is Director of the Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Services and the Common Good, and a professor of education at the School of Education at the University of San Francisco. Star Plaxton-Moore is the Director of Community-Engaged Learning at the Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good at University of San Francisco. Star directs institutional support for community-engaged courses and oversees public service programs for undergraduates, including the Public Service and Community Engagement Minor. She designed and implements an annual Community-Engaged Learning and Teaching Fellowship program for USF faculty, and other professional development offerings that bring together faculty and community partners as co-learners. Her scholarship focuses on faculty development for community-engaged teaching and scholarship, student preparation for community engagement, assessment of civic learning outcomes, and community engagement in institutional culture and practice. Star holds an MEd from George Washington University and is currently completing course work for an EdD in organizational leadership at USF. Tania D. Mitchell

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Tania D. Mitchell Acknowledgements Introduction Intentions. The Role of the Student Companion in Community
Engaged Learning1. Imperatives. Why We Do Community
Engaged Learning 2. Benefits. What We Gain From Community
Engaged Learning 3. Dispositions. Who Are We Called to Be as Community
Engaged Learners 4. Responsibilities. What We Need to Do as Community
Engaged Learners 5. Transformations. How Community
Engaged Learning Changes Us Afterword
Chris Nayve A Letter to our Faculty Colleagues References About the Authors Index