Full Description
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.
Contents
Contents Preface Chapter 1. The Story of Place: What We Learned About Engaged Study-Abroad Work at Michigan State University, Frank A. Fear and Karen McKnight Casey Chapter 2. Intersections Between Service Learning and Study Abroad: A Framework for Community Engagement Abroad, Brett Berquist and Joy Milano Chapter 3. Transforming Conventional Short-Term, Faculty-Led Study-Abroad Programs into Broader Platforms for Increased Community Engagement and Internationalization, Keri Dutkiewicz and Daniel Dutkiewicz Chapter 4. Experiential Learning and Study-Abroad Programs: A Partnership between Michigan State University and TU Dortmund University, Zenia Kotval, Christiane Ziegler-Hennings, and Anne Budinger Chapter 5. Learning Outcomes of Short-Term Global Health Electives, Christina Dokter and Gary Willyerd Chapter 6. Leadership in Medicine for the Underserved: Making It Real, Rae Schnuth and Cheryl Celestin Chapter 7. Community Engagement as Collaborative Inquiry, Rene Rosenbaum Chapter 8. Reexamining University-Community Partnerships in a Civic Engagement Study-Abroad Program, Vincent Delgado and Scot Yoder Chapter 9. Civic Engagement's Challenges for Study Abroad: An Ethical and Political Perspective, Stephen L. Esquith Conclusion, Pat Crawford, Frank A. Fear, and Robert Dalton Contributors Index
