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Community Engagement Best Practices Across the Disciplines
Applying Course Content to Community Needs
Edited by
Heather K. Evans
Genres:
School/community relations & school/home relations, Higher & further education, tertiary education
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Synopsis
This book is a reference to administrators and educators at institutions of higher learning who are thinking about taking serious steps to link their educational mission to helping their surrounding communities. Various best practices across the disciplines in higher education about integrating community engagement in traditional coursework are presented.
This book provides a multi-disciplinary and multi-method approach to incorporating the effects of community engagement (service learning) in the curriculum. Multiple departments from Art to Statistics, as well as various types of classes (undergraduate, graduate, online, face-to-face) are represented here.
If you are not sure how to integrate community engagement in classes at your university, this book is for you. New & Used
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What Reviewers Are Saying
Community Engagement Best Practices Across the Disciplines: Applying Course Content to Community Needs is a wonderful resource that assists instructors in both planning and implementation of community engagement projects in the classroom. This book provides several practical examples of community engagement in a variety of online and face-to-face environments across many disciplines. -- Jami Warren, Assistant Professor, Division of Health Sciences, Education, & Research, University of Kentucky For faculty taking on the risks and responsibilities of bringing students and the community into learning relationships, this book provides valuable models and resources from a variety of fields. -- Peter J. Taylor, director of critical and creative thinking graduate program, University of Massachusetts, Boston The contributors to this instructive volume provide a range of practical examples of how to integrate community engagement activities with academic coursework to enrich and deepen student learning. -- George D. Kuh, Chancellor's Professor Emeritus, Indiana University