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Remembering the “Why”
In a reflective guest post, Northeastern University’s Lori Gardinier (PhD, MSW) challenges us to clarify WHY we engage in global service-learning. She couples clear-eyed realism, “some student projects have measurable impact and others are dead on arrival,” with idealistic hope … Continue reading
BotB: Walk Out Walk On
Title: Walk Out Walk On: A Learning Journey into Communities Daring to Live the Future Now Authors: Margaret Wheatley and Deborah Frieze Target Audience: Students Date: 2011 Succinct Summary: Filled with experience and vivid examples, Walk Out Walk On expresses … Continue reading
Enabling Speech: A Communications Partnership in Peru
“I cried when Dr. Manoj Abraham—a surgeon from Vassar Hospital—put the last stitch into the baby’s lip.” Today’s guest post is from Dr. Shari Berkowitz, an assistant professor at Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. We thank Dr. Berkowitz both for … Continue reading
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What is Enough? Educating for Transformation, Seeking More
Julia Lang, one of our regular contributors, just completed three weeks of teaching at the Civic Leadership Institute. After interacting with a homeless person on the way home one night, Julia found herself wondering what more she could do. She offers … Continue reading
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
Giving Back? Short-Term International Volunteer Programs in Health
Judith N. Lasker, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Lehigh University, has been deeply immersed in research on international health volunteerism. Below she has offered a summary of her forthcoming book. She has also been kind enough to share guidelines for … Continue reading
Transformation Experience: Service-Learning Student to Scholar
“While my peers were touring historical cities and partying until dawn, I was supervising children who were routinely beaten, sexually assaulted, or forced to work the streets all night long.” By Julia Lang The day that I left my service-learning … Continue reading
Are International Service-Learning Projects Sustainable? Where is the focus on the community?
By Nora Reynolds I come to this work as a practitioner- as a founding member and vice president of an international non-profit organization (www.waterforwaslala.org). In 2002, as a 21 year old recent college graduate, I traveled to rural Nicaragua with … Continue reading
Technical, practical or critical: What is the state of ISL research?
By Jessica Arends International service learning (ISL) facilitates two long-standing goals of higher education: to prepare students for citizenship and the ability to understand and appreciate other cultures (Plater, 2010). However, much of service-learning research has been conducted from a … Continue reading