Educating for Citizenship and Social Justice: Practices for Community Engagement at Research Universities

ISBN-13: 9783319629704 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 314 str.

Tania D. Mitchell; Krista M. Soria

Opis

In this edited volume, authors explore the ways in which departments, programs, and centers at public research universities are working to better engage students in the work of citizenship and social justice. The chapters in this book illuminate the possibilities and challenges for developing community engagement experiences and provide evidence of the effects of these efforts on communities and undergraduate students' development of citizenship outcomes. This text reveals how important the integration of our intentions and actions are to create a community engaged practice aimed towards justice.

Spis treści

Introduction: Educating for Citizenship and Social Justice

Chapter 1. Undergraduates’ Development of Citizenship

Chapter 2. Developing a Civic Identity

Chapter 3. Fostering Democratic Imagination

Chapter 4. Constructing a Knowledge Base

Chapter 5. Engaging Undergraduate Men in Service-Learning

Chapter 6. Models of Civic Engagement

Chapter 7. Beyond Service-Learning

Chapter 8. Racial Melancholia

Chapter 9. Citizen Scholars’ Conceptions of Social Justice

Chapter 10. Science Shops and the U.S. Research University

Chapter 11. Demonstrating Solidarity in the Co-curricula

Chapter 12. Developing the Democratic Spirit

Chapter 13. High-Impact Integrated Curriculum Partnership

Chapter 14. Culture of Engagement

Chapter 15. Enhancing Underrepresented Students’ Success

Chapter 16. Community Service and Social Justice

Chapter 17. American Cultures Engaged Scholarship Program.

Chapter 18. Public Service as a Brand Identity

Chapter 19. Beyond Service toward Human Liberation

Conclusion: Educating for Social Justice

O autorze

Tania D. Mitchell is an Associate Professor of Higher Education in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota, USA.

Krista M. Soria is a Research Analyst in the Office of Institutional Research at the University of Minnesota, USA.

Blurb

In this edited volume, authors explore the ways in which departments, programs, and centers at public research universities are working to better engage students in the work of citizenship and social justice. The chapters in this book illuminate the possibilities and challenges for developing community engagement experiences and provide evidence of the effects of these efforts on undergraduates’ development of citizenship outcomes and on communities. This text reveals how important the integration of our intentions and actions are to create a community engaged practice aimed towards justice.