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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787535503321

Titolo

Going public [[electronic resource] ] : civic and community engagement / / edited by Hiram E. Fitzgerald and Judy Primavera

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, 2013

ISBN

1-60917-379-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (340 p.)

Collana

Transformations in Higher Education

Altri autori (Persone)

FitzgeraldHiram E

PrimaveraJudy

Disciplina

361.3/7

Soggetti

Service learning - United States

Civics - Study and teaching (Higher) - United States

Education, Higher - Social aspects - United States

Community and college - United States

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

Contents; Part 1. Scholarship-Focused Civic Engagement and Service Learning; Introduction - Hiram E. Fitzgerald and Judy Primavera; The Challenges of Scholarship - Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore; Undergraduate Research: Blending the Scholarship of Discovery, Teaching, Application, and Integration - Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore, Korine Steinke Wawrzynski, Katy Luchini Colbry, and Juliette C. Daniels; From Passive Transfer of Knowledge to Active Engaged Learning: A Reflection and Commentary - Cyrus Stewart and Karen McKnight Casey

Intersecting Civic Engagement with Distance Education - Derryl Block and Linda LindekeCan Civic Engagement Rescue the Humanities? - David D. Cooper; Service Learning through Public Work and Public Deliberation - David D. Cooper and Eric Fretz; Service Learning and Civic Engagement as Preparation for a Life Committed to Working for the Common Good: The Michigan State University/Rust College Student Tutorial Education Project, 1965-1968 - John S. Duley and Nicole C. Springer; Part 2. Community Engagement and the Scholarship of Practice; Introduction - Judy Primavera and Hiram E. Fitzgerald

Wiba Anung: Co-creating a Sustainable Partnership with Michigan's American Indian Head Start Programs - Hiram E. Fitzgerald, Patricia



Farrell (Taos Pueblo), Jessica V. Barnes, Ann Belleau (Ojibwe), Hope K. Gerde, Nicole L. Thompson (Menominee/Mohican), Kyung Sook Lee, Mary Calcatera (Sault Saint Marie Ojibwe), and Arnie Parish (Ojibwe)Cross-Cultural Community Engagement, Elizabeth Kübler-Ross's Model of Death and Dying, and Racial Identity Development - Michelle R. Dunlap; Hard Time: What We Can Learn from Long-Range Community Involvement in Prisons and Jails - Patricia E. O'Connor

Illuminating the Terrain of Community Engagement in Landscape Architecture Education - Pat Crawford, Warren Rauhe, and Patricia MachemerBeyond Tomorrow: Charting a Long-Term Course toward Community Impact in Local Public Education - Mary Beckman and Joyce F. Long; Steppin' Up: The Oneonta Community Alliance for Youth, Grassroots Democracy, and the Battle for Public Space - Katherine O'Donnell; The Ocmulgee River Initiative: Engaging the Community in Aquatic Research - Brian E. Rood; Going Public through International Museum Partnerships - C. Kurt Dewhurst and Marsha MacDowell

Poco a Poco: Weaving Transnational Solidarity with Jolom Mayaetik, Mayan Women's Weaving Cooperative, Chiapas, Mexico - Katherine O'DonnellWhen University and Community Partner: Community Engagement and Transformative Systems-Level Change - Judy Primavera and Andrew Martinez; Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

The terms "civic engagement" and "community engagement" have various definitions, but they are united by the sense that individuals who are civically engaged not only are concerned about the quality of life in their communities but also take action to improve conditions for the common good. In the United States, to be civically engaged means to actively participate in a civil democratic society. Going Public examines programs related to civic engagement and the ways in which faculty and students participate in communities in order to improve them. Engagement scholarship is a