Experiential Civic Education - Encouraging Student Engagement Using the Field Immersion Framework

Experiential Civic Education articulates a practical, flexible teaching-and-learning pedagogy that engages students and instructors in opportunities to successfully explore complex civic issues in the classroom. This volume marries place-based experiential learning with civic engagement to promote transformative learning outcomes.

List of contents

Foreword: Experiential Civic Education Introduction: Educating for Democracy I. Foregrounding: Building a Foundation 1. Transformative learning: An introduction to the scholarship 2. Reconstructing Civic Education: Addressing Power, Place, and Politics in High Education 3. Finding our way to transformative learning: A critical introduction to place-based pedagogy 4. The Field Immersion Framework II. Immersion: Steeped in the Civic Context 5. Yellowstone National Park 6. Chesapeake Bay 7. Borderlines 8. Colorado River 9. Alaska 10. In our own backyard III. Reflection: The metacognitive engine 11. In their own words: Student experiences 12. Retheorizing what we see: Teachers in the field 13. Navigating Shadows: Student Affairs Professionals Co-Facilitating Experiential Learning 14. Librarians as Partners in Field-based Education: Fostering Information Literacy and Civic Awareness 15. Administrator Support in the Field: Shoulder-to-shoulder with Faculty 16. The Role of National Organizations in Civic Experiential Education IV. Civic Agency: The End is the Beginning 17. Voices from the field: Community partners in immersion learning experiences 18. Leaving a trace: Program alumni and the lasting impressions of transformative learning experiences Conclusion

About the author

Alix D. Dowling Fink is the Associate Provost for Research and Academic Initiatives and a Professor of Biology at Longwood University, USA.
JoEllen Pederson is a Professor of Sociology at Longwood University, USA.
Heather G. Lettner-Rust is the Director of Civitae Core Curriculum and a Professor of Rhetoric and Composition at Longwood University, USA.

Summary

Experiential Civic Education articulates a practical, flexible teaching-and-learning pedagogy that engages students and instructors in opportunities to successfully explore complex civic issues in the classroom. This volume marries place-based experiential learning with civic engagement to promote transformative learning outcomes.

Product details

• Authors: Alix D. (Assoc. Provost for Research Dowling Fink, Alix (Associate Provost for Research and Aca Fink
• Assisted by: Alix D. Dowling Fink (Editor), Alix Fink (Editor), Heather Lettner-Rust (Editor), Heather G. Lettner-Rust (Editor), JoEllen Pederson (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032563756
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3256375-6
• No. of pages: 220
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Teaching materials, hand-outs; Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, EDUCATION / History, EDUCATION / Curricula, Secondary Schools, Teaching skills and techniques, Philosophy & theory of education, Teaching skills & techniques, Philosophy and theory of education, Teaching of a specific subject, Primary & middle schools, Primary and middle schools, EDUCATION / Teaching / General