ERIC Number: EJ1116549
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Publication Date: 2014
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"Learning Service" in International Contexts: Partnership-Based Service-Learning and Research in Cape Town, South Africa
McMillan, Janice; Stanton, Timothy K.
Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, v21 n1 p64-78 Fall 2014
In this paper we explore an approach to developing and implementing service-learning and community-based research in a study-abroad program in Cape Town, South Africa. Drawing on a notion of partnerships reflecting the values of accompaniment and transparency, and influenced by the importance of learning service, we outline an intentional, engaged pedagogy and program design emphasizing collaborative inquiry and partnership development. However, such an approach is challenging and demands that we include an ontological project as part of our work. This, we believe, is crucial if global service-learning (GSL), often taking place in the Global South, is to become a robust, critical, and ethical practice.
Descriptors: Service Learning, Study Abroad, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Partnerships in Education, Ethics, Program Design, Cooperative Learning, Seminars, Learning Activities, Interdisciplinary Approach, Institutional Characteristics, Program Descriptions
Edward Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning, University of Michigan. 1024 Hill Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-3310. Tel: 734-647-7402; Fax: 734-647-7464; Web site: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/mjcsl
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California; South Africa
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