|
Showing 1 - 4 of
4 matches in All Departments
When considering inequality, one goal for educators is to enhance
critical engagement to allow learners an opportunity to participate
in an inquiry process that advances democracy. Service?learning
pedagogy offers an opportunity to advance engaged?learning
opportunities within higher education. This is particularly
important given the power dynamics that are endemic within
conversations about education, including the conversations around
the Common Core, charter schools, and the privatization of
education. Critical inquiry is central to the ethos of
service?learning pedagogy, a pedagogy that is built upon community
partner participation and active reflection. Within higher
education, service?learning offers an important opportunity to
enhance practice within the community, allowing students to engage
stakeholders and youth which is particularly important given the
dramatic inequalities that are endemic in today's society.
When considering inequality, one goal for educators is to enhance
critical engagement to allow learners an opportunity to participate
in an inquiry process that advances democracy. Service?learning
pedagogy offers an opportunity to advance engaged?learning
opportunities within higher education. This is particularly
important given the power dynamics that are endemic within
conversations about education, including the conversations around
the Common Core, charter schools, and the privatization of
education. Critical inquiry is central to the ethos of
service?learning pedagogy, a pedagogy that is built upon community
partner participation and active reflection. Within higher
education, service?learning offers an important opportunity to
enhance practice within the community, allowing students to engage
stakeholders and youth which is particularly important given the
dramatic inequalities that are endemic in today's society.
Transforming Teacher Education through Service-Learning provides a
fresh look at educational reform through the lens of teacher
preparation. It poses the question "Why service-learning now?" as
it discusses the meaningful ways service-learning pedagogy can
transform the approaches used to prepare teachers to educate
tomorrow's children. The pedagogy of service-learning has
significant implications for teacher education. Its transformative
aspects have far reaching potential to address teacher candidate
dispositions and provide deeper understanding of diversity.
Knowledge of the pedagogy and how to implement it in candidates'
future classrooms could alter education to a more powerful
experience of democracy in action and enhance the civic mission of
schools. The cur rent and ongoing research found within this volume
is meant to continue support of the notion of educational reform.
Because the vision we hold becomes the reality we experience, it is
imperative to consider the question-Why service-learning now?-as we
adjust teacher preparation programs to promote engaging
opportunities for today's youth.
Transforming Teacher Education through Service-Learning provides a
fresh look at educational reform through the lens of teacher
preparation. It poses the question "Why service-learning now?" as
it discusses the meaningful ways service-learning pedagogy can
transform the approaches used to prepare teachers to educate
tomorrow's children. The pedagogy of service-learning has
significant implications for teacher education. Its transformative
aspects have far reaching potential to address teacher candidate
dispositions and provide deeper understanding of diversity.
Knowledge of the pedagogy and how to implement it in candidates'
future classrooms could alter education to a more powerful
experience of democracy in action and enhance the civic mission of
schools. The cur rent and ongoing research found within this volume
is meant to continue support of the notion of educational reform.
Because the vision we hold becomes the reality we experience, it is
imperative to consider the question-Why service-learning now?-as we
adjust teacher preparation programs to promote engaging
opportunities for today's youth.
|
|