Community-Based Global Learning: The Theory and Practice of Ethical Engagement at Home and Abroad

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hartman, Eric, author.

Contributor:

Hartman, Eric, 1976- Editor.

Kiely, Richard C., Editor.

Friedrichs, Jessica, Editor.

Boettcher, Judith V., Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community education.

Community and school.

Service learning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.) ill

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2023.

Summary:

International education, service-learning, and community-based global learning programs are robust with potential. They can positively impact communities, grow civil society networks, and have transformative effects for students who become more globally aware and more engaged in global civil society - at home and abroad. Yet such programs are also packed with peril. Clear evidence indicates that poor forms of such programming have negative impacts on vulnerable persons, including medical patients and children, while cementing stereotypes and reinforcing patterns of privilege and exclusion. These dangers can be mitigated, however, through collaborative planning, design, and evaluation that advances mutually beneficial community partnerships, critically reflective practice, thoughtful facilitation, and creative use of resources. Drawing on research and insights from several academic disciplines and community partner perspectives, along with the authors' decades of applied, community-based development and education experience, they present a model of community-based global learning that clearly espouses an equitable balance between learning methodology and a community development philosophy.Emphasizing the key drivers of community-driven learning and service, cultural humility and exchange, seeking global citizenship, continuous and diverse forms of critically reflective practice, and ongoing attention to power and privilege, this book constitutes a guide to course or program design that takes into account the unpredictable and dynamic character of domestic and international community-based global learning experiences, the varying characteristics of destination communities, and a framework through which to integrate any discipline or collaborative project. Readers will appreciate the numerous toolboxes and reflective exercises to help them think through the creation of independent programming or courses that support targeted learning and community-driven development. The book ultimately moves beyond course and program design to explore how to integrate these objectives and values in the wider curriculum and throughout formal and informal community-based learning partnerships.

Contents:

The community-campus contribution : defining community-based global learning

Educating for global citizenship

Advancing reflection and critical reflection

Power, self as a cultural being, cultural humility, and intercultural communication

Community-driven partnerships

Program design : what are your team's goals?

Planning for global learning

Staying safe, healthy, and happy

The journey continues.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781003443537

1003443532

9781000972290

1000972291

9781620360897

1620360896

9781000977554

1000977552

OCLC:

1389363773