Detalle Publicación

CAPÍTULO DE LIBRO

Learning to Participate: International Experiences of Service-Learning and Community Service Programs

Libro: Civic Pedagogies in Higher Education Teaching for Democracy in Europe, Canada and the USA
Lugar de Edición: Basingstoke
Editorial: Palgrave MacMillan
Fecha de publicación: 2014
Página Inicial - Final: 153-176
ISBN: 978-1-137-35558-4
Resumen: In this text, university teachers from Eastern Europe, Western Europe and North America report on their efforts to prepare students for engaged democratic citizenship. Their case studies illustrate methods employed to prepare citizens for meaningful participation in democracies, whether long-standing, young or emerging. The contributors describe their approaches in detail, reflecting on the philosophical and pedagogical considerations being employed, as well as exploring models of experiential service-learning, action research, and other curricular innovations. Stakeholders are encouraged to replicate, modify or entirely recast the ideas presented, in the interest of building capacity within their institutions, peers and partners to realize and maintain the promise of democracy.