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



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Titolo: Higher education and democracy : essays on service-learning and civic engagement / / John Saltmarsh and Edward Zlotkowski, [editors] Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2011
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (417 p.)
Disciplina: 378/.015
Soggetto topico: Education, Higher - Social aspects
Education, Higher - Political aspects
Democracy and education
Education and state
Political participation
Altri autori: SaltmarshJohn A. <1957->  
ZlotkowskiEdward A. <1944->  
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
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ISBN: 1-4399-0038-8
1-4399-0039-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910824886403321
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