Category Archives: Global Service-Learning

What are our duties towards communities of strangers who, living across town or across the world, host our students’ living and learning? And how might the decisions we make in program design operationalize those duties? Dr. Richard Slimbach, Professor of … Continue reading →

By Eric Hartman The 2013 Forum on Education Abroad proved to be a fertile ground for learning about and sharing new resources related to global service-learning and Fair Trade Learning. We presented pedagogy and community partnership content related to our … Continue reading →

We’re looking forward to excellent dialogue, exchange, and movement-building, with current registrants representing states from the mid-Atlantic and throughout the Northeast. The intimate size of this gathering ensures opportunities to engage in deep, purposeful dialogue about the work of conscientious … Continue reading →

Seven years ago, as I studied for my doctorate, a former student asked me to write an introduction to a photo book on international service and engagement. The questions he wanted the introduction to address were: What is all of … Continue reading →

By Julia Lang The second week I was volunteering at a foundation for street children in Guayaquil, Ecuador, during my semester abroad in college, a volunteer doctor asked if I would sit in on his check-ups with the young women … Continue reading →

By Eric Hartman The biggest problem with the global service sector is not reinforcing historic patterns of power, privilege, and paternalism. The biggest problem with the sector is not that voluntourists may inadvertently undermine the development of local industry or … Continue reading →

“Most students do not meaningfully develop either through simple exposure to the environment or through having educators take steps to increase the amount of exposure through ‘immersing’ them. Instead, students learn and develop effectively and appropriately when educators intervene more … Continue reading →

By Eric Hartman As we settle into spring semesters in the United States, we’re launching a number of new resources and preparing to feature some exciting guest writers. We’re also thrilled to announce a few very compelling upcoming conferences that … Continue reading →