Crossing boundaries : tension and transformation in international service-learning / edited by Patrick Green and Matthew Johnson ; foreword by Robert G. Bringle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bringle, Robert G., author of introduction, etc.

Contributor:

Green, Patrick M., editor.

Johnson, Mathew, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign study.

Service learning.

Education and globalization.

World citizenship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Sterling, Virginia : Stylus Publishing, LLC, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores the ramifications of realizing a new age of service-learning that pushes beyond single episodic course-based projects to rebalance student learning and community outcome priorities, and provides insight into what it looks like in its execution.

Contents:

""CROSSING BOUNDARIES""; ""COPYRIGHT""; ""DEDICATION ""; ""CONTENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""INTRODUCTION: I Came, Reluctantly""; ""1. POWER RELATIONS, NORTH AND SOUTH: Negotiating Meaningful “Service� in the Context of Imperial History""; ""2. DECENTERING THE UNITED STATES IN INTERNATIONAL SERVICE-LEARNING: A Comparative Perspective""; ""3. STRATEGIC INTERNATIONAL SERVICE-LEARNING PARTNERSHIP: Mitigating the Impact of Rapid Urban Development in Vietnam""; ""4. ASSET-BASED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: Two Theories Undergirding an International Service-Learning Program""

""5. PARTNERSHIP VERSUS PATRONAGE: A Case Study in International Service-Learning From a Community College Perspective""""6. BUILDING STUDENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACIT Y: Assignments and Tools""; ""7. INSTITUTIONAL NETWORKS AND INTERNATIONAL SERVICE-LEARNING AT THE GRADUATE LEVEL""; ""8. WHEN SERVICE-LEARNING MEETS STUDY ABROAD: Locating International Service-Learning Institutionally and Abroad""; ""9. MULTIDISCIPLINARY LEARNING: Interdisciplinary Teaching and Community Service-Learning in Jamaica""

""10. TRANSFORMING PRACTICE: International Service-Learning as Preparation for Entering Health Care""""11. INTERNATIONAL SERVICE-LEARNING IN FAITH-BASED CONTEXTS""; ""12. A CRITICAL GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP""; ""CONCLUSION: Does Tension in International Service-Learning Lead to Transformation?""; ""EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS""; ""INDEX""; ""Also available from Stylus""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-000-97628-9

1-000-97185-6

1-003-44392-3

1-57922-621-3

OCLC:

923700169