Regional perspectives on learning-by-doing : stories from engaged universities around the world / edited by Lorlene Hoyt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hoyt, Lorlene, 1967- editor.

JSTOR (Online Service)

Alec Harris & Carollina Song Fund.

Series:

Transformations in higher education

Transformations in higher education : the scholarship of engagement

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community and college--Case studies.

Community and college.

Service learning--Case studies.

Service learning.

Student volunteers in social service--Case studies.

Student volunteers in social service.

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--Case studies.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2017]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

In what ways can universities around the world mobilize their resources to create more just and prosperous communities, while at the same time educating civic leaders? Regional Perspectives on Learning by Doing offers a diverse array of innovative teaching and research strategies from engaged universities that demonstrates how learning by doing elevates students' consciousness and develops their civic capabilities, benefiting both students and teachers alike. Book jacket.

Contents:

Campus Queretaro's brigadas comunitarias in Mexico : some values are universal / Ernesto Benavides Ornelas and María Fernanda Pacheco Bravo

Activate program in Glasgow, Scotland : a way of "thinking and being in the world" / Margaret Layden and Helen Martin

Amplifying community voices in South Africa : nurturing transformative leaders through dialogic action / Joseph Francis and Hlekani Muchazotida Kabiti

Refugee action support in Sydney, Australia : a "bridge between cultures" / Loshini Naidoo and Eric Brace

Kampung Tekir Project in Seremban, Malaysia : "it is worth all the difficulties that we have encountered thus far!" / Koh Kwee Choy and Wong Chin Hoong

Lazord Acadamy in Cairo, Egypt : pedagogy for the "practice of freedom" / Nelly Corbel and Rana Gaber

Living democracy in the rural America : engaging citizens for the summer / Marie Cirillo and Mark Wilson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 28, 2017).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alec Harris & Carollina Song Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Regional perspectives on learning-by-doing.

ISBN:

9781609175375

1609175379

Publisher Number:

40027286070

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.