Civic engagement and service learning in a metropolitan university : multiple approaches and perspectives
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Civic engagement and service learning in a metropolitan university : multiple approaches and perspectives
(Education in a competitive and globalizing world series)
Nova Science Publishers, c2011
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book offers a case study of a medium-sized, private metropolitan university's adoption, implementation, and assessment of a civic engagement mission. Situated in a city where the loss of a once robust industrial base has resulted in urban blight faced by many communities throughout the United States, this university is attempting to partner with community members to address the social and economic impact of these changes and to bolster the resiliency of residents and local organisations. While prompted by a genuine desire on the part of many in the university community to serve the community, this civic engagement initiative is also shaped by the belief that such service will enrich the educational experience of the university's students and provide additional professional development opportunities for faculty.
Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- How Widener Developed a Culture of Civic Engagement & Fulfilled its Promise as a Leading Metropolitan University
- How Can I Help? The Seduction of Service Learning
- Faculty Motivation, Vitality, & Professional Growth: The Ingredients Embedded in a Service-Learning Faculty Development Program
- Teacher Education in the Community: Integrating & Transforming Field
- Work Through Service Learning & Community Engagement
- Civic Engagement & Social Work Education
- Learning Service: Teaching Literature as Civic Engagement
- The Political Complexities of Establishing a University-Sponsored Charter School as an Interdisciplinary Service Learning Opportunity
- The Development of a Community Clinic: How a Signature Project Can Mobilize Commitment to Sustainable Community
- Violence Prevention Initiatives with Communities & Organizations: The Center for Violence Prevention
- Service-Learning in China
- International Service-Learning: The Building Blocks of a Successful Experience
- Let's Talk about Pedagogy, Research & Practices Centered on Racial Identity Development Theory in Cultural-Based Service-Learning
- Evaluating the Impact of a University's Civic Engagement Projects on the Community
- Index.
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