Toward community-based learning : experiences from the U.S.A., India, and China

Toward community-based learning : experiences from the U.S.A., India, and China / edited by Eija Kimonen and Raimo Nevalainen.

"Toward Community-Based Learning contends that the ideal school offers the opportunity to understand reality in a way that connects teaching and education with conditions in the surrounding community and the student's life and concerns. This view holds that problem solving requires an unde...

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Other Authors: Kimonen, Eija (Editor), Nevalainen, Raimo (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill Sense, [2020]
Series:Urban education, cultures and communities ; volume 1
Subjects:
Community education > Case studies.
Community and school > Case studies.
Community and school
Community education
Case studies
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Linda Hargreaves
  • Ideals for community engagement from the East and West / Eija Kimonen and Raimo Nevalainen
  • Community-based learning : an exploration from philanthropy to praxis / Thomas L. Alsbury, Suzan Kobashigawa and Mary Ewart
  • Community-based learning and student outcomes : what research reveals / Thomas L. Alsbury, Suzan Kobashigawa and Mary Ewart
  • Community-based pedagogical strategies with students / Lakia M. Scott, Karon N. LeCompte, Suzanne M. Nesmith and Susan K. Johnsen
  • Connecting learning to the community : pedagogical strategies for educators / Suzanne M. Nesmith, Lakia M. Scott, Karon N. LeCompte and Susan K. Johnsen
  • Toward learning in the community : insights from the U.S.A., India, and China / Eija Kimonen and Raimo Nevalainen
  • Afterword / Eija Kimonen and Raimo Nevalainen.

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