| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 273 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Urban education, cultures and communities ; volume 1
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword / Linda Hargreaves -- Ideals for community engagement from the East and West / Eija Kimonen and Raimo Nevalainen -- Community-based learning : an exploration from philanthropy to praxis / Thomas L. Alsbury, Suzan Kobashigawa and Mary Ewart -- Community-based learning and student outcomes : what research reveals / Thomas L. Alsbury, Suzan Kobashigawa and Mary Ewart -- Community-based pedagogical strategies with students / Lakia M. Scott, Karon N. LeCompte, Suzanne M. Nesmith and Susan K. Johnsen -- Connecting learning to the community : pedagogical strategies for educators / Suzanne M. Nesmith, Lakia M. Scott, Karon N. LeCompte and Susan K. Johnsen -- Toward learning in the community : insights from the U.S.A., India, and China / Eija Kimonen and Raimo Nevalainen -- Afterword / Eija Kimonen and Raimo Nevalainen. |
| Summary |
"Toward Community-Based Learning contends that the ideal school offers the opportunity to understand reality in a way that connects teaching and education with conditions in the surrounding community and the student's life and concerns. This view holds that problem solving requires an understanding and awareness of the whole, which can be achieved through direct activities. In this manner, learning is linked to its natural context, with ideal instruction being actively problem-oriented, holistic, and life-centered. This thought-provoking volume offers an essential and comprehensive picture of community-based learning in the field of education. The book deals with the history of community-based learning as well as its present applications, including its global successes and difficulties. The authors provide numerous pedagogical approaches that are designed to meet the challenges of contemporary education. They show how learning is connected with authentic community environments in which students can gain new understandings through solving emerging problems. They also demonstrate how teachers can make learning more functional and holistic so that students have the ability to work in new situations within the complex world around them. School-specific descriptions reveal how teachers and their students have implemented community-based projects in the U.S.A., India, and China at different times. Contributors are: Thomas L. Alsbury, Mary Ewans, Linda Hargreaves, Susan K. Johnsen, Eija Kimonen, Susan Kobashigawa, Karon N. LeCompte, Suzanne M. Nesmith, Raimo Nevalainen, and Lakia M. Scott"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Community education -- Case studies.
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Community education. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Community and school -- Case studies.
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Community and school. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Kimonen, Eija, editor.
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Nevalainen, Raimo, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Toward community-based learning. Leiden ; Boston : Brill Sense, [2020] 9789004389762 (DLC) 2019059364 |
| ISBN |
9004424490 electronic book |
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9789004424494 (electronic book) |
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9789004389762 hardcover |
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9789004424487 paperback |
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