Higher Education and Civic Engagement: International Perspectives
This volume provides an original and powerful contribution to debates about the civic purpose of higher education. It suggests that universities can best realize their civic mission by making it central to their policy and practice. Bringing together researchers from three continents, the book offers an international perspective based primarily upon first-hand pedagogical experience. A transatlantic overview of the purpose, place and practice of one such pedagogy (service learning) is provided and its potential as a foundation for civic engagement assessed. In its last section the book moves from the theory of citizenship to practical considerations. In doing so, the book offers advice on establishing civic engagement to all those involved in teaching and learning within higher education.Chapter 9 Towards Enhanced Citizenship: The Potential of Service Learning in Teacher Education - A National and ... a reflective essay on service leaming and teacher education, with a particular focus on the aforementioned aspects. I will return to some samples of the students work a little later, but, at this juncture, I would like to clarify for the reader the ... informed that service learning is a teaching/leaming method that connects meaningful community service with academic learning, anbsp;...
| Title | : | Higher Education and Civic Engagement: International Perspectives |
| Author | : | Mr Iain Mac Labhrainn, Ms Lorraine McIlrath |
| Publisher | : | Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. - 2012-11-28 |
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