Community Engagement Abroad – Perspectives and Practices on Service, Engagement…

Community Engagement AbroadPerspectives and Practices on Service, Engagement, and Learning Overseas\nAuthor(s): Pat Crawford\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Michigan State University Press, United States\nImprint: Michigan State University Press\nISBN-13: 9781611863482, 978-1611863482\nSynopsis\nA landmark in our understanding of international community-engaged learning programs, this book invites educators to rethink everything from disciplinary assumptions to the role of higher education in a globalizing world. Tapping the many such programs developed at Michigan State University during the last half-century, the volume develops a comprehensive framework for analyzing study-abroad programs with a community-engagement focus. More than a how-to guide, it also offers seven theoretically framed case studies showing how these experiences can change students, faculty, and communities alike. The purposeful broadening of who is involved in these types of international learning programs lead.