Democratic dilemmas of teaching service-learning : curricular strategies for success / edited by Christine M. Cress, David M. Donahue, and associates ; foreword by Thomas Ehrlich.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cress, Christine M. (Christine Marie), 1962-

Donahue, David M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Service learning--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.

Service learning.

Democracy and education--United States.

Democracy and education.

Critical pedagogy--United States.

Critical pedagogy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Recognizing that teaching, in general, and service- learning, in particular, are inherently political, this book faces up to the resulting predicaments that inevitably arise in the classroom. By framing them as a vital and productive part of the process of teaching and learning for political engagement, this book offers the reader new ways to think about and address seemingly intractable ideological issues. Using real incidents, the contributors explore the democratic intersections of various political beliefs along with race/ethnicity, class, gender, ability, sexual orientation, and other con

Contents:

The nature of teaching and learning dilemmas: democracy in the making / David M. Donahue

Banning books to protect children: clashing perspectives in service-learning / Lynne A. Bercaw

Solidarity, not charity: issues of privilege in service-learning / Caroline Heldman

Pedagogical and epistemological approaches to service-learning: connecting academic content to community service / Christine M. Cress

Student objection to service-learning: a teachable moment about political and community engagement / Dari E. Sylvester

Practice makes imperfect: service-learning for political engagement as a window into the challenges of political organizing / Katja M. Guenther

Modeling citizenship: the nexus of knowledge and skill / Stephanie Stokamer

Consensus, collaboration, and community: mutually exclusive ideals? / Christine M. Cress

Cultivating relationships between a grass roots organization and a university / Judith Liu

Negotiating student expectations and interpretations of service-learning / Marcia Hernandez

Service-learning is like learning to walk: baby steps to cultural competence / Tanya Renner ... [et al.]

Conflict as a constructive curricular strategy / David M. Donahue

Why are you so mad?: critical multiculturalist pedagogies and mediating racial conflicts in community-based learning / Kathleen S. Yep

Working with high school drop-outs: service-learning illustrations of power and privilege / Becky Boesch

Democratic lessons in faith, service, and sexuality / Thomas J. Van Cleave

Disciplinary knowledge, service-learning, and citizenship / David M. Donahue

Why should i care?: introducing service-learning and political engagement to computer science students / Christopher Brooks

Political science students and the disengaged polis: civic education and its discontents / Corey Cook

Health psychology and political engagement: the why and how / Sandra A. Sgoutas-Emch

To reform or to empower: Asian American studies and education for critical consciousness / Kathleen S. Yep

Assessment of expected and unexpected service-learning outcomes / Christine M. Cress

Expecting the political, getting the interview: how students (do not) see writing as a political act / Catherine Gabor

Addressing policy dilemmas with community-based research and assessing student outcomes / Laura Nichols, Fernando Cázares & Angelica Rodriguez

Service-learning for a democratic future / David M. Donahue and Christine M. Cress.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781000976359

1000976351

9781000971880

1000971880

9781003444039

1003444032

9781579225995

1579225993

OCLC:

779849911