Experiential Civic Education (eBook, PDF)

Encouraging Student Engagement Using the Field Immersion Framework
Redaktion: Dowling Fink, Alix D.; Lettner-Rust, Heather G.; Pederson, Joellen

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Experiential Civic Education articulates a practical, flexible teaching-and-learning pedagogy that engages students and instructors in opportunities to successfully explore complex civic issues in the classroom. This volume marries place-based experiential learning with civic engagement to promote transformative learning outcomes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040338827
• Artikelnr.: 73648327

Autorenporträt

Alix D. Dowling Fink is the Associate Provost for Research and Academic Initiatives and a Professor of Biology at Longwood University, USA. JoEllen Pederson is a Professor of Sociology at Longwood University, USA. Heather G. Lettner-Rust is the Director of Civitae Core Curriculum and a Professor of Rhetoric and Composition at Longwood University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword: Experiential Civic Education Introduction: Educating for
Democracy I. Foregrounding: Building a Foundation 1. Transformative
learning: An introduction to the scholarship 2. Reconstructing Civic
Education: Addressing Power, Place, and Politics in High Education 3.
Finding our way to transformative learning: A critical introduction to
place-based pedagogy 4. The Field Immersion Framework II. Immersion:
Steeped in the Civic Context 5. Yellowstone National Park 6. Chesapeake Bay
7. Borderlines 8. Colorado River 9. Alaska 10. In our own backyard III.
Reflection: The metacognitive engine 11. In their own words: Student
experiences 12. Retheorizing what we see: Teachers in the field 13.
Navigating Shadows: Student Affairs Professionals Co-Facilitating
Experiential Learning 14. Librarians as Partners in Field-based Education:
Fostering Information Literacy and Civic Awareness 15. Administrator
Support in the Field: Shoulder-to-shoulder with Faculty 16. The Role of
National Organizations in Civic Experiential Education IV. Civic Agency:
The End is the Beginning 17. Voices from the field: Community partners in
immersion learning experiences 18. Leaving a trace: Program alumni and the
lasting impressions of transformative learning experiences Conclusion