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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452726503321

Titolo

Higher education and democracy [[electronic resource] ] : essays on service-learning and civic engagement / / John Saltmarsh and Edward Zlotkowski, [editors]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2011

ISBN

1-4399-0038-8

1-4399-0039-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (417 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SaltmarshJohn A. <1957->

ZlotkowskiEdward A. <1944->

Disciplina

378/.015

Soggetti

Education, Higher - Social aspects

Education, Higher - Political aspects

Democracy and education

Education and state

Political participation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. General need -- section 2. Antecedents --  3. Service-learning pedagogy -- section 4. Service-learning in the curriculum : the first year -- section 5. Service-learning in the curriculum : the disciplines -- section 6. Engaged departments -- section 7. The engaged campus -- section 8. Over a decade later.

Sommario/riassunto

Higher Education and Democracy is a collection of essays written over the last ten years on how civic engagement in higher education works to achieve what authors John Saltmarsh and Edward Zlotkowsi consider to be the academic and civic purposes of higher education. These include creating new modes of teaching and learning, fostering participation in American democracy, the development and respect for community and civic institutions, and encouraging the constant renewal all of these dimensions of American life.Organized chronologically, the twenty-two essays in this v