Community-Based Global Learning

The Theory and Practice of Ethical Engagement at Home and Abroad
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-62036-087-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 563 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hartman, Eric

Kiely, Richard C.

Friedrichs, Jessica

Boettcher, Christopher

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Erwachsenenbildung, lebenslanges Lernen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Rafia Zakaria Acknowledgments Photo AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Defining Community-Based Global Learning 2. Seeking Global Citizenship 3. Advancing Reflection and Critical Reflection 4. Power, Self as a Cultural Being, Cultural Humility, and Intercultural Communication 5. Community-Driven Partnerships 6. Immersive Community-Based Global Learning Program Design. What Are Your Team's Goals? 7. Planning for Immersive Global Learning 8. Staying Safe, Healthy, and Happy 9. The Journey Continues. Stepping Forward About the Authors References Index

Über Autor(innen)

Eric Hartman is Executive Director of the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship at Haverford College and co-founder of globalsl, a network dedicated to ethical, community-based global learning. Richard C. Kiely is a Senior Fellow in the Office of Engagement Initiatives at Cornell University and co-founder of the globalsl network. Jessica Friedrichs is an Assistant Professor in Social Work and the Coordinator of the Just and Merciful World Curriculum at Carlow University in Pittsburgh, PA. Christopher Boettcher is an Associate Professor of English at Castleton University.