Community Engagement Best Practices Across the Disciplines: Applying Course Cont

Description: Community Engagement Best Practices Across the Disciplines by Heather K. Evans This book helps administrators and educators at institutions of higher learning take serious steps to link their educational mission to helping their surrounding communities. It provides a multi-disciplinary and multi-method approach to incorporating the effects of community engagement (service learning) in the curriculum. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This book is a reference to administrators and educators at institutions of higher learning who are thinking about taking serious steps to link their educational mission to helping their surrounding communities. Various best practices across the disciplines in higher education about integrating community engagement in traditional coursework are presented.This book provides a multi-disciplinary and multi-method approach to incorporating the effects of community engagement (service learning) in the curriculum. Multiple departments from Art to Statistics, as well as various types of classes (undergraduate, graduate, online, face-to-face) are represented here.If you are not sure how to integrate community engagement in classes at your university, this book is for you. Author Biography Heather K. Evans is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Sam Houston State University. Her research interests include political engagement, elections, public opinion, and political communication. Table of Contents AcknowledgementsIntroduction- Heather K. EvansChapter 1: Planning Academic Community Engagement Courses- Sanjay Mehta and Irfan AhmedChapter 2: Community Engagement in Honors First Year Experience: How to ACE the As- Maria Alexander Holmes and Glenn M. SanfordChapter 3: Academic Community Engagement Strategies in Homeland Security and Emergency Management Programs at a Texas University- Magdalena DenhamChapter 4: The Bilingual Workplace Writing Classroom: Meeting Community Literacy Needs- Isabel BacaChapter 5: Teaching Research for a Greater Purpose: Incorporating Community Engagement into a Graduate Qualitative Research Methods Course- Sarah Upton and Brenda Luna BravoChapter 6: Connecting with Art: Building and Enhancing Culture through Academic Community Engagement- Michael HendersonChapter 7: Beyond Geographic Space: Online Learning and Community Engagement Initiatives- Ricardo Montelongo and Paul William EatonChapter 8: Preparing Undergraduates for Public Service in Local Government- Michael T. Peddle and Eric S. ZeemeringChapter 9: Civic Engagement as Public Sociology: Considerations for Pedagogy and Practice- Laura O-TooleChapter 10: Seeing Community Needs through a Statistical Lens: Undergraduate and graduate Level Consulting with Community Organizations in the El Paso Border Region- Amy Wagler, Craig Field, and Erik BarayChapter 11: Project-Based Learning: A Structure to Facilitate Service Learning in an Online, Interdisciplinary Project- Li-Jen Shannon and Marilyn RiceAppendix A: Honors FYE ACE Course CalendarAppendix B: Excerpts from Course SyllabusAppendix C: Agency Profile of Literacy NeedsAbout the EditorAbout the Contributors Review Community Engagement Best Practices Across the Disciplines: Applying Course Content to Community Needs is a wonderful resource that assists instructors in both planning and implementation of community engagement projects in the classroom. This book provides several practical examples of community engagement in a variety of online and face-to-face environments across many disciplines. -- Jami Warren, Assistant Professor, Division of Health Sciences, Education, & Research, University of KentuckyFor faculty taking on the risks and responsibilities of bringing students and the community into learning relationships, this book provides valuable models and resources from a variety of fields. -- Peter J. Taylor, director of critical and creative thinking graduate program, University of Massachusetts, BostonThe contributors to this instructive volume provide a range of practical examples of how to integrate community engagement activities with academic coursework to enrich and deepen student learning. -- George D. Kuh, Chancellors Professor Emeritus, Indiana University Long Description This book is a reference to administrators and educators at institutions of higher learning who are thinking about taking serious steps to link their educational mission to helping their surrounding communities. Various best practices across the disciplines in higher education about integrating community engagement in traditional coursework are presented. This book provides a multi-disciplinary and multi-method approach to incorporating the effects of community engagement (service learning) in the curriculum. Multiple departments from Art to Statistics, as well as various types of classes (undergraduate, graduate, online, face-to-face) are represented here. If you are not sure how to integrate community engagement in classes at your university, this book is for you. Review Quote Community Engagement Best Practices Across the Disciplines: Applying Course Content to Community Needs is a wonderful resource that assists instructors in both planning and implementation of community engagement projects in the classroom. This book provides several practical examples of community engagement in a variety of online and face-to-face environments across many disciplines. Details ISBN1475830785 Publisher Rowman & Littlefield ISBN-10 1475830785 ISBN-13 9781475830781 Format Paperback Subtitle Applying Course Content to Community Needs Country of Publication United States Edited by Heather K. Evans DEWEY 378.103 Pages 198 Year 2017 Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Place of Publication Lanham, MD Publication Date 2017-11-15 Short Title Community Engagement Best Practices Across the Disciplines Language English UK Release Date 2017-11-15 NZ Release Date 2017-11-15 US Release Date 2017-11-15 Illustrations Text Boxes; Illustrations, unspecified; Tables; Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs; Black & White Illustrations Author Heather K. Evans Alternative 9781475830729 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2017-11-14 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:117275864;

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