Service-Learning Through Community Engagement

What Community Partners and Members Gain, Lose, and Learn From Campus Collaborations

Lori Gardinier (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

188 Seiten

2016
Springer Publishing Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8261-2622-1 (ISBN)

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Presenting a variety of contemporary models and frameworks for community engagement, this book is distinguished by its unique emphasis on campus-community partnerships from the perspective of the community. The text addresses the impact of a variety of service-learning arrangements on local communities and focuses on the experiences of the community organisation.

While campus engagement with the local community is generally viewed in a positive light, in reality these collaborations are more complex. Presenting a variety of contemporary models and frameworks for community engagement, this book is distinguished by its unique emphasis on campus-community partnerships from the perspective of the community. Bolstered by concrete data, the text addresses the impact of a variety of service-learning arrangements on local communities and focuses on the experiences, both positive and negative, of the community organization.

Integrating theoretical, historical, ethical, and practical frameworks, the book examines in depth such emerging models as global service-learning, social entrepreneurship, and experiential philanthropy. Vivid case examples drawing from real-life programs that have been implemented in the United States and abroad bring these models to life. While the book emphasizes the perspectives of the communities served, it also encompasses the experiences of nonprofit organizations, students, and faculty. Students, faculty, and administrators who are engaged in campus-community partnerships--particularly in disciplines that are grounded in community-based learning, such as social work, human services, sociology, and public service studies--will find this book to be an important resource.

KEY FEATURES:

Examines campus-community partnerships from the perspective of the community served
Presents lively and engaging case studies of domestic and global scenarios
Includes the perspectives of nonprofit organizations, students, community members, and faculty
Includes extensive resources for more in-depth study

Lori Gardinier, PhD, MSW, is director of human services and a senior research associate at the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.

Contents

Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Why We Engage

Lori Gardinier

1. Colleges and Universities: Structure and Role in Civil Society

Lori Gardinier

2. University as Provider: Education and Youth Development

Sarah Faude, Lori Gardinier, and Emily A. Mann

3. Checks and Balances: Experiential Philanthropy as a Form of Community Engagement

Rebecca Riccio and Lori Gardinier

4. Global Community Engagement: Transformation, Paradoxes, and Fumbling Forward

Lori Gardinier

5. Hosting International Service-Learning Students: Assessing Expectations and Experiences of Supervisors

Julie Miller and Lori Gardinier

6. Compulsory Engagement: Good Intentions or Misguided Policy?

Lori Gardinier and Emily A. Mann

7. Creating Professional Pipelines Through Community Engagement

Lori Gardinier, Megan Dow, and Emily A. Mann

8. Community Development as Engagement

Lori Gardinier

9. Mind-Set, Critical Theory, and the Ethics of Engagement

Lori Gardinier

Conclusion

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	16.11.2016
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-8261-2622-7 / 0826126227
ISBN-13	978-0-8261-2622-1 / 9780826126221
Zustand	Neuware