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Publication Date: 2020
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Rethinking Service Learning: Reciprocity and Power Dynamics in Community Engagement
Wollschleger, Jason; Killian, Mark; Prewitt, Kayla
Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, v12 n1 p7-15 2020
This article seeks to challenge existing power dynamics both within the service-learning classroom and between the classroom and community by offering a model of an alternative approach to community engagement. The class partnered with a community organization, at their request, to engage their community as the organization worked through a change in focus and identity. Within the classroom, the research project was led, designed, implemented, and ultimately written solely by the students.
Descriptors: Service Learning, Power Structure, Student Centered Learning, Student Empowerment, Community Organizations, Courses, Teacher Student Relationship, School Community Relationship
Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education. Tirey Hall Room 132 A, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809. Web site: https://discovery.indstate.edu/jcehe/index.php/joce/index
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Language: English
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