Out There Learning : Critical Reflections on Off-Campus Study Programs / Cameron Owens, Helga Thorson, Deborah Louise Curran, Elizabeth Vibert.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Curran, Deborah Louise, editor.

Owens, Cameron, editor.

Thorson, Helga, editor.

Vibert, Elizabeth, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

University extension.

Service learning.

Community and college.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Universities across North America and beyond are experiencing growing demand for off-campus, experiential learning. Exploring the foundations of what it means to learn "out there," Out There Learning is an informed, critical investigation of the pedagogical philosophies and practices involved in short-term, off-campus programs or field courses. Bringing together contributors' individual research and experience teaching or administering off-campus study programs, Out There Learning examines and challenges common assumptions about pedagogy, place, and personal transformation, while also providing experience-based insights and advice for getting the most out of faculty-led field courses. Divided into three sections that investigate aspects of pedagogy, ethics of place, and course and program assessment, this collection offers "voices from the field" highlighting the experiences of faculty members, students, teaching assistants, and community members engaged in every aspect of an off-campus study programs. Several chapters examine study programs in the traditional territories of Indigenous communities and in the Global South. Containing an appendix highlighting some examples of off-campus study programs, Out There Learning offers new pathways for faculty, staff, and college and university administrators interested in enriching the experience of non-traditional avenues of study.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Acknowledgments

Introduction / Thorson, Helga / Harvey, Megan

Section One: The Processes of Learning Out There

Introduction

Where the Past and Present Intersect ... / Kerr, Sam

1. "You Cannot Avoid All of This Past, Present, and Future When It's Everywhere Around You": Reflecting Relational Thinking in Field Study Experiences / Mckinney, Kacy

Living in the Moment ... / Halvorsen, Emily

2. An Integrative, Thematic Approach to International Field Study Programs / Williams, Aaron

Being Part of Something Bigger ... / O'Reilly, Kathleen

3. The Enlivened Classroom: Bringing the Field Back to Campus / Musisi, Nakanyike B.

There Is No Front of the Classroom Here ... / Cook, Rob

4. Settlers Unsettled: Using Field Schools and Digital Stories to Transform Geographies of Ignorance about Indigenous Peoples in Canada / Castleden, Heather / Daley, Kiley / Sloan Morgan, Vanessa / Sylvestre, Paul

Discovering Traces of the Past ... / Lax, Sara

Section Two: Implications of Place

Connecting with the Community ... / Kennedy, Aisling

5. Outsider Education: Indigenous Law and Land-Based Learning / Borrows, John

Live Life with Significance ... / Selander, Freya

6. Putting Law in Its Place: Field School Explorations of Indigenous and Colonial Legal Geographies / Curran, Deborah

Mysteries Remain ... / Buchan, Laura

7. Power in Place: Dilemmas in Leading Field Schools to the Global South / Vibert, Elizabeth / Sadeghi-Yekta, Kirsten

What You Can't Get from a Textbook ... / Elwood, Sarah

Section Three: Assessing the Value of the Journey

Eyes Wide Open ... / van Noord, Andrea

8. Getting Beyond "It Changed My Life": Assessment of Out There Transformation / Peifer, Janelle S. / Meyer-Lee, Elaine

9:14 AM: Saturday, 14 May 2016

"The World Moves Through Us" ... / Sherman, Jake Noah

9. Assessing Learning "Out There": Four Key Challenges and Opportunities / Owens, Cameron / Sotoudehnia, Maral

Embracing Complexities ... / Formby, Liah

10. Transformation in the Field: Short-Term Study Abroad and the Pursuit of Changes / Glass, Michael R.

Education Can Be Empowering ... / Tennent, Emily

Concluding Remarks

Appendix: Field School Briefings

Contributors and Editors

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Apr 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-1947-8

1-4875-1946-X

OCLC:

1080190524