Educating for Citizenship and Social Justice
Practices for Community Engagement at Research Universities
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Beschreibung
In this edited volume, authors explore the ways in which departments, programs, and centers at public research universities are working to better engage students in the work of citizenship and social justice. The chapters in this book illuminate the possibilities and challenges for developing community engagement experiences and provide evidence of the effects of these efforts on undergraduates’ development of citizenship outcomes and on communities. This text reveals how important the integration of our intentions and actions are to create a community engaged practice aimed towards justice.
In this edited volume, authors explore the ways in which departments, programs, and centers at public research universities are working to better engage students in the work of citizenship and social justice. The chapters in this book illuminate the possibilities and challenges for developing community engagement experiences and provide evidence of the effects of these efforts on communities and undergraduate students’ development of citizenship outcomes. This text reveals how important the integration of our intentions and actions are to create a community engaged practice aimed towards justice.
Offers insights into how these institutions are committing to their public engagement missions Gives examples of best practices that can be emulated at other institutions seeking to reinvigorate their community engagement efforts Highlights comprehensive university-wide efforts, programs for diverse college student populations, and discipline-specific contexts
Autor*in
Tania D. Mitchell
Themen in »Educating for Citizenship and Social Justice«
administrators program coordinators public engagement missions diverse college student populations civic engagement Community Action and Social Change