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March 29, 2017
Finding Meaning in Civically Engaged Scholarship: Personal Journeys, Professional Experiences
- Author
- Diener, Marissa L., and Liese, Hank, eds.
- Publisher
- Information Age Publishing, Charlotte, NC
- ISBN
- 9781607521112
- Table of Contents
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Introduction: The Journey
Part I - Journeys To Civically Engaged Scholarship
ch. 1 Reflections on the Search for Meaning in Academia (Marissa L. Diener)
ch. 2 From Service for Meaning to Meaningful Service (Maged Senbel)
ch. 3 The Search for Authentic Citizenship (Luke Garrott)
ch. 4 The Knock on the Door (Marshall Welch)
ch. 5 Expanding Horizons through Service and Service-Learning (Gina Maria Musolino)
ch. 6 Beyond Us and Them: Community-Based Research as a Politics of Engagement (Caitlin Cahill)
ch. 7 Teaching English, Reading Poetry, Living in the World (Janet Kaufman)
ch. 8 A Journey of Voluntarism (Nancy Winemiller Basinger)
ch. 9 The Civically Engaged Scholar: Identity, Relationship, and the RPT Process (Hank Liese)
Part II - Civic Engagement In Action: Community-Based Research and Service-Learning
ch. 10 Children's Development in Context: Understanding through Service-Learning (Marissa L. Diener)
ch. 11 The Story of the Westside Studio (Maged Senbel)
ch. 12 The Professional Journey: Neighborhood Democracy (Luke Garrott)
ch. 13 Reflections on the Eye of the Storm (Marshall Welch)
ch. 14 Integrating Service-Learning for Physical Therapy Programs: Frameworks & Opportunities (Gina Maria Musolino)
ch. 15 Planning for Change: Community-Based Urban Research with Young People (Caitlin Cahill)
ch. 16 Literacy Center: Partnership and Learning for All (Janet Kaufman)
ch. 17 Finding Student Satisfaction in Service-Learning: Implementing Service-Learning in a Graduate Nonprofit Management Class (Nancy Winemiller Basinger)
ch. 18 The Documentary Human Rights, and Social Justice: An Experiment in Service-Learning (Hank Liese)
Conclusion (Hank Liese and Marshall Welch)
About the Authors
From the Pubisher
The essays in this volume are a collection of reflective narratives, rather than traditional scholarly treatises. The book is divided into two parts. The first part describes our individual journeys as each of us found our way to civically engaged scholarship and came to see it as critical to our academic endeavors and identity. This section also highlights the interdisciplinary nature of our work as we discuss our journeys through our own disciplinary lenses. The second part presents detailed examples of our civic engagement, including service-learning classes, community based research projects, and creation of community service-learning spaces. These chapters provide a varied picture of the available avenues for civic engagement for students and faculty in a higher education setting. We provide sufficient details of our projects and classes to enable replication. The book concludes with a discussion of civic engagement as it is defined in the literature. The conclusion also discusses institutional factors that support and promote civic engagement as well as the importance of community involvement in service learning. Five common themes that emerged across the chapters are described. These themes include the use of service learning and civic engagement as an effective pedagogy, the relationship between civic engagement and political activism, the importance of partnership and collaboration, the meaning found in civic engagement, and the challenges of civically engaged work.
The essays in this volume are a collection of reflective narratives, rather than traditional scholarly treatises. The book is divided into two parts. The first part describes our individual journeys as each of us found our way to civically engaged scholarship and came to see it as critical to our academic endeavors and identity. This section also highlights the interdisciplinary nature of our work as we discuss our journeys through our own disciplinary lenses. The second part presents detailed examples of our civic engagement, including service-learning classes, community based research projects, and creation of community service-learning spaces. These chapters provide a varied picture of the available avenues for civic engagement for students and faculty in a higher education setting. We provide sufficient details of our projects and classes to enable replication. The book concludes with a discussion of civic engagement as it is defined in the literature. The conclusion also discusses institutional factors that support and promote civic engagement as well as the importance of community involvement in service learning. Five common themes that emerged across the chapters are described. These themes include the use of service learning and civic engagement as an effective pedagogy, the relationship between civic engagement and political activism, the importance of partnership and collaboration, the meaning found in civic engagement, and the challenges of civically engaged work.