Student Experiences and Educational Outcomes in Community Engagement for the 21st Century (Advances in Educational Marketing, Administration, and Leadership) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1522508740 ISBN 13: 9781522508748

Verlag: Information Science Reference, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

Today's students face the challenge of finding a career and a passion while facing economic uncertainty. Service learning has the potential to challenge and inspire students as they hone their skills. An increasingly popular subject, service and experiential learning are changing the way education is taught worldwide. Student Experiences and Educational Outcomes in Community Engagement for the 21st Century collects and analyzes students' experiences in diverse service-learning contexts, giving fodder for rethinking strategies and finding optimal pedagogies for successful community engagement. This unique publication is ideal for educators, administrators, policy makers, and students of education.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Dr. Cathryn Read Crosby is faculty in the TESOL/AL Program at Teachers College, Columbia University, where she also heads the MA TESOL degree. Her research interests include: preparing teachers to work with English language learners, service-learning, academic literacies, and feedback-on-feedback. Her most recent publications include: “Teaching U.S-Educated Multilingual Writers across Classrooms and Institutions”, In Teaching U.S.-Educated Multilingual Writers: Practices from and for the Classroom , (Fall 2015); “Service-eLearning in TESOL Teacher Preparation”, Ohio TESOL Journal (Winter, 2014); “Integrating Service-Learning into a Course on Teaching English Language Learners”, PACTE Journal, (Fall 2014); and “Developing Global Literacy Skills of K-12 Content-Area Teachers of English Language Learners (ELLs) through Service-Learning”, In Promoting Global Literacy Skills through Technology-Infused Teaching and Learning , IGI-Global Publishing, (2014).

Frederick Brockmeier’s career path has been as a trial lawyer, legal adviser, trial consultant, counselor and facilitator. He earned a Bachelor Degree in Philosophy from the University of Cincinnati. He served on active duty in the Navy as a Supply Officer and continued for another 22 years ending when he was selected for Captain as the Commanding Officer of Navy (combat) Cargo Handling Battalion, RCHB - 9. After the conclusion of his active duty, he graduated with a Juris Doctorate from the University of Cincinnati College of Law and began practice as an attorney specializing in medical malpractice defense. Over the succeeding years, he concluded post-graduate work at the U. S. Naval War College in Strategy and Policy and in Defense Economics and Decision Making and from the University of the South School of Theology. He returned to graduate school for a Ph.D. in Psychology from the Union Institute and University. He currently holds a full-time position at Northern Kentucky University in the Organizational Leadership program in 2005. He has published articles on the use of technology in higher education and integration of service learning into distance learning.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Information Science Reference
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1522508740
• ISBN 13: 9781522508748
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 330
• Herausgeber: Crosby Cathryn, Brockmeier Frederick
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: preigu GmbH & Co. KG; mail@preigu.de; ; Lengericher Landstr. 19; Osnabrück; Niedersachsen; 49078; Deutschland