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Publication Date: 2013
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Going Global: Re-Framing Service-Learning in an Interconnected World
Garcia, Nuria Alonso; Longo, Nicholas V.
Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, v17 n2 p111-135 2013
This essay argues for the importance of re-framing international service-learning as global service-learning. This includes recognizing the entire "ecology of education," the interconnected web of relationships in which learning can occur at home and abroad. It draws upon the experiences of developing a new program in global studies at Providence College that focuses on civic engagement with global and local communities, along with interviews and a focus group with majors in the program. The essay concludes with a call for using service-learning as a vehicle to educate global citizens not merely as a one-time experience, but rather as part of an integrated curricular process. (Contains 1 table and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Service Learning, Perspective Taking, Global Approach, Ecological Factors, Study Abroad, Focus Groups, Integrated Curriculum, Learning Experience, Foreign Countries, College Students, Role, Self Concept, Moral Issues, Schemata (Cognition)
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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