Finding Meaning in Civically Engaged Scholarship

Anglický jazyk

Finding Meaning in Civically Engaged Scholarship

Vydavateľstvo: Information Age Publishing
Rok vydania: 2009
Formát: Hardback
Rozmer: 240 x 161 mm
Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
ISBN: 9781607521129

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O knihe

The essays in this volume are a collection of reflective narratives, rather than traditional
scholarly treatises. The book is divided into two parts. The first part describes
our individual journeys as each of us found our way to civically engaged scholarship
and came to see it as critical to our academic endeavors and identity. This section
also highlights the interdisciplinary nature of our work as we discuss our
journeys through our own disciplinary lenses. The second part presents detailed
examples of our civic engagement, including service-learning classes, communitybased
research projects, and creation of community service-learning spaces. These
chapters provide a varied picture of the available avenues for civic engagement for
students and faculty in a higher education setting. We provide sufficient details of our projects and classes to
enable replication. The book concludes with a discussion of civic engagement as it is defined in the literature.
The conclusion also discusses institutional factors that support and promote civic engagement as well as the
importance of community involvement in service learning. Five common themes that emerged across the chapters
are described. These themes include the use of service learning and civic engagement as an effective pedagogy,
the relationship between civic engagement and political activism, the importance of partnership and
collaboration, the meaning found in civic engagement, and the challenges of civically engaged work.