Going public : civic and community engagement /

Going public : civic and community engagement /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2013]
Description:1 online resource (331 pages) : illustrations, map.
Language:English
Series:Transformations in Higher Education
Transformations in higher education.
Subject:
Service learning -- United States.
Civics -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
Education, Higher -- Social aspects -- United States.
Community and college -- United States.
Civics -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Community and college.
Education, Higher -- Social aspects.
Service learning.
United States.
Electronic book.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12015431
Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other authors / contributors:Fitzgerald, Hiram E.
Primavera, Judy.
ISBN:1609173791
9781609173791
9781611860894
161186089X
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Summary:The terms "civic engagement" and "community engagement" have various definitions, but they are united by the sense that individuals who are civically engaged not only are concerned about the quality of life in their communities but also take action to improve conditions for the common good. In the United States, to be civically engaged means to actively participate in a civil democratic society. Going Public examines programs related to civic engagement and the ways in which faculty and students participate in communities in order to improve them. Engagement scholarship is a.
Other form:Print version: 9781611860894 161186089X
Standard no.:ebc3338326
Table of Contents:
  • ""Contents""; ""Part 1. Scholarship-Focused Civic Engagement and Service Learning ""; ""Introduction
  • Hiram E. Fitzgerald and Judy Primavera""; ""The Challenges of Scholarship
  • Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore""; ""Undergraduate Research: Blending the Scholarship of Discovery, Teaching, Application, and Integration
  • Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore, Korine Steinke Wawrzynski, Katy Luchini Colbry, and Juliette C. Daniels""; ""From Passive Transfer of Knowledge to Active Engaged Learning: A Reflection and Commentary
  • Cyrus Stewart and Karen McKnight Casey""
  • ""Intersecting Civic Engagement with Distance Education
  • Derryl Block and Linda Lindeke""""Can Civic Engagement Rescue the Humanities?
  • David D. Cooper""; ""Service Learning through Public Work and Public Deliberation
  • David D. Cooper and Eric Fretz""; ""Service Learning and Civic Engagement as Preparation for a Life Committed to Working for the Common Good: The Michigan State University/Rust College Student Tutorial Education Project, 1965â€?1968
  • John S. Duley and Nicole C. Springer""; ""Part 2. Community Engagement and the Scholarship of Practice ""
  • ""Introduction
  • Judy Primavera and Hiram E. Fitzgerald""""Wiba Anung: Co-creating a Sustainable Partnership with Michiganâ€?s American Indian Head Start Programs
  • Hiram E. Fitzgerald, Patricia Farrell (Taos Pueblo), Jessica V. Barnes, Ann Belleau (Ojibwe), Hope K. Gerde, Nicole L. Thompson (Menominee/Mohican), Kyung Sook Lee, Mary Calcatera (Sault Saint Marie Ojibwe), and Arnie Parish (Ojibwe)""; ""Cross-Cultural Community Engagement, Elizabeth KÃ?bler-Rossâ€?s Model of Death and Dying, and Racial Identity Development
  • Michelle R. Dunlap""
  • ""Hard Time: What We Can Learn from Long-Range Community Involvement in Prisons and Jails
  • Patricia E. Oâ€?Connor""""Illuminating the Terrain of Community Engagement in Landscape Architecture Education
  • Pat Crawford, Warren Rauhe, and Patricia Machemer""; ""Beyond Tomorrow: Charting a Long-Term Course toward Community Impact in Local Public Education
  • Mary Beckman and Joyce F. Long""; ""Steppinâ€? Up: The Oneonta Community Alliance for Youth, Grassroots Democracy, and the Battle for Public Space
  • Katherine Oâ€?Donnell""
  • ""The Ocmulgee River Initiative: Engaging the Community in Aquatic Research
  • Brian E. Rood""""Going Public through International Museum Partnerships
  • C. Kurt Dewhurst and Marsha MacDowell""; ""Poco a Poco: Weaving Transnational Solidarity with Jolom Mayaetik, Mayan Womenâ€?s Weaving Cooperative, Chiapas, Mexico
  • Katherine Oâ€?Donnell""; ""When University and Community Partner: Community Engagement and Transformative Systems-Level Change
  • Judy Primavera and Andrew Martinez""; ""Contributors""

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