Community Engagement Abroad: Perspectives and Practices on Service, Engagement, and Learning Overseas (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781611863482)

A landmark in our understanding of international community-engaged learning programs, this book invites educators to rethink everything from disciplinary assumptions to the role of higher education in a globalizing world. Tapping the many such programs developed at Michigan State University during the last half-century, the volume develops a comprehensive framework for analyzing study-abroad programs with a community-engagement focus. More than a how-to guide, it also offers seven theoretically framed case studies showing how these experiences can change students, faculty, and communities alike. The purposeful broadening of who is involved in these types of international learning programs leads to conceptual transformation and self-reflection within the participants. The authors take the reader on a fascinating journey through how they changed as a result of designing and delivering programs in full collaboration with community partners. The arguments given in this volume for developing truly reciprocal, mutually beneficial partnerships beyond the academy are powerful and persuasive.

Author: Pat Crawford
ISBN-10: 1611863481
ISBN-13: 9781611863482
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2020
Pages: 196
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.00w x 0.50d