Exploring Cultural Dynamics and Tensions Within Service-Learning
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ISBN-13:
9781617354649
Veröffentl:
2011
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
16.08.2011
Seiten:
396
Autor:
Trae Stewart
Gewicht:
600 g
Format:
234x156x21 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Service-learning is an exciting pedagogy and field of study, offering insight into how academic study andcommunity engagement blend to create social change. In its most traditional conceptualization, servicelearning
activities typically manifest within communities where outside individuals address a need. Servicelearning
is purported to have a transforming effect on individual student perspectives by providing students
the opportunity to interact with people and enter into situations that allow students to test their predisposition
towards others. However, the literature on the impact of service-learning on participants' acceptance of
diversity and development of open-mindedness reports mixed outcomes.
The purpose of this book is to explore cultural tensions and dynamics within the field of service-learning. It is
not meant to be an exhaustive review of the interplay between culture and service learning, but rather a starting point for an ongoing conversation
about how this complex topic impacts the field. In 18 chapters, educators, students, and administrators investigate the cultural values of servicelearning
itself and the tensions created when this is at odds with the values of others within K-12 and higher education in the United States and abroad.
Authors include community organization representatives, researchers, directors of offices of community engagement, university administrators, junior
and senior faculty, and former service-learning undergraduate students. Submissions reflect a range of genres, including theoretical/conceptual pieces,
position papers, case studies, and other traditional academic essays, challenging how students and community members are affected by the cultural
tensions within service-learning engagement.
activities typically manifest within communities where outside individuals address a need. Servicelearning
is purported to have a transforming effect on individual student perspectives by providing students
the opportunity to interact with people and enter into situations that allow students to test their predisposition
towards others. However, the literature on the impact of service-learning on participants' acceptance of
diversity and development of open-mindedness reports mixed outcomes.
The purpose of this book is to explore cultural tensions and dynamics within the field of service-learning. It is
not meant to be an exhaustive review of the interplay between culture and service learning, but rather a starting point for an ongoing conversation
about how this complex topic impacts the field. In 18 chapters, educators, students, and administrators investigate the cultural values of servicelearning
itself and the tensions created when this is at odds with the values of others within K-12 and higher education in the United States and abroad.
Authors include community organization representatives, researchers, directors of offices of community engagement, university administrators, junior
and senior faculty, and former service-learning undergraduate students. Submissions reflect a range of genres, including theoretical/conceptual pieces,
position papers, case studies, and other traditional academic essays, challenging how students and community members are affected by the cultural
tensions within service-learning engagement.