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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.
