Finding meaning in civically engaged scholarship : personal journeys, professional experiences

• Other Authors: Diener, Marissa L. (Editor), Liese, Hank (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : IAP, Information Age Publishing, [2009]
• Subjects: Service learning > United States.; Civics > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States.; Education, Higher > Social aspects > United States.; Community and college > United States.; Learning and scholarship > United States.; Education > Teacher Training & Certification.; Teacher training.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806618415
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-60752-185-3
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 222 pages) : illustrations

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 ac...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: The journey / Marshall Welch
• Part I. Journeys to civically engaged scholarship
• Chapter 1. Reflections on the search for meaning in academia / Marissa L. Diener
• Chapter 2. From service for meaning to meaningful service / Maged Senbel
• Chapter 3. The search for authentic citizenship / Luke Garrott
• Chapter 4. The knock on the door / Marshall Welch
• Chapter 5. Expanding horizons through service and service-learning / Gina Maria Musolino
• Chapter 6. Beyond us and them: Community-based research as a politics of engagement / Caitlin Cahill
• Chapter 7. Teaching english, reading poetry, living in the world / Janet Kaufman
• Chapter 8. A journey of voluntarism / Nancy Winemiller Basinger
• Chapter 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
• Chapter 10. Children's development in context: Understanding through service learning / Marissa L. Diener
• Chapter 11. The story of the westside studio / Maged Senbel
• Chapter 12. The professional journey: Neighborhood democracy / Luke Garrott
• Chapter 13. Reflections on the eye of the storm / Marshall Welch
• Chapter 14. Integrating service-learning for physical therapy programs: Frameworks & opportunities / Gina Maria Musolino
• Chapter 15. Planning for change: Community-based urban research with young people / Caitlin Cahill
• Chapter 16. Literacy center: Partnership and learning for all / Janet Kaufman
• Chapter 17. Finding student satisfaction in service-learning: Implementing service-learning in a graduate nonprofit management class / Nancy Winemiller Basinger
• Chapter 18. The documentary, human rights, and social justice: An experiment in service-learning / Hank Liese. Conclusion / Hank Liese and Marshall Welch
• About the authors.