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The Ethics of International Development: A Video on Voluntourism
Through the Ethics in International Engagement & Service-Learning Project at the University of British Columbia, students composed this compelling video that considers: What do you think you’re doing? What are you really doing? (When you serve abroad). It raises important … Continue reading
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Graduate Intern Wanted at the Building a Better World Forum for Global Service-Learning
The Building a Better World Forum for Global Service-Learning is seeking a graduate or advanced undergraduate intern to support the development of online dialogue and open access resources that advance conscientious cross-cultural service and learning around the world. To date, the … Continue reading
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Cultivating the “Nat Geo” Spirit: Students as Explorers, Scientists, and Artists
I’m excited to introduce the first of several upcoming posts by Julia Lang. Julia has previously contributed to this conversation by sharing entries relating to her thesis research: Culture. Shock. Service. Study Abroad. Global Citizenship? and Transformative Experience: Service-Learning Student … Continue reading
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Lest Best Intentions become the Enemy of the Good
A regular reader called my attention to an essay shared on MN Campus Compact’s website; the piece appears below in full. The original author, Dr. Gerald W. Schlabach, was kind enough to extend the opportunity to reprint his thoughtful meditation … Continue reading
Academic Solidarity Movement - Vieques, Puerto Rico to Prescott College, Arizona
During the past academic year, 4 Prescott College Sustainability Education Doctoral Students studied Fair Trade Learning and developed a program based on its principles. Now, their insights and commitments from Vieques are pushing them forward to engage in social change … Continue reading
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Americanah: Strong Characters, Propelling Narrative, Global and Local Lenses, Class and Race
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie provides a beautiful and humane entry point into the profound impact of race, nationality, and migration policy both domestically and globally. It takes place in Nigeria, the UK, and the US, and it is everything other … Continue reading
The Overview Effect - An Amazing 20-Minute Video to Brighten Your Day
A recently released 20-minute documentary trailer beautifully tells the story of astronauts’ experiences looking back on the earth. It leads with the profound proposition uttered by English astronomer Fred Hoyle in 1948: Once a photograph of earth, taken from outside, … Continue reading
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Safety for Female Travelers
Why are we talking about solo female travel, not violence against women? That’s the question that perpetual traveler Jodi Ettenberg asks at the beginning of her thoughtful essay, Revisiting the Solo Female Travel Experience. As an educator, I appreciate her … Continue reading
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Study Abroad Safety Resources for LGBTQ Travelers
Educators are consciously developing capacity to support LGBTQ Students’ Safe Study Abroad experiences. Sexual orientation and gender identity are essential topics throughout the program selection, pre-departure, on-site orientation, program delivery, and re-entry process. Late last week I inquired about resources … Continue reading
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Immediately Applicable Teaching Resources: Participation, Reflective Writing, and Final Project Rubrics
Marcia Eames-Sheavly (Cornell University), has been gracious enough to share the rubrics that support her community-engaged course in Garden-Based Learning in Belize. Applicable to courses across disciplines, content areas, and locations, are her: Reflective Writing Guidelines Class Participation Rubric, which … Continue reading