Going Public: Civic and Community Engagement

Going Public: Civic and Community Engagement
ISBN-10
1609173791
ISBN-13
9781609173791
Series
Going Public
Category
Education
Pages
331
Language
English
Published
2013
Authors
Hiram E. Fitzgerald, Judy Primavera

Description

The terms OC civic engagementOCO and OC community engagementOCO have various definitions, but they are united by the sense that individuals who are civically engaged not only are concerned about the quality of life in their communities but also take action to improve conditions for the common good. In the United States, to be civically engaged means to actively participate in a civil democratic society. "Going Public "examines programs related to civic engagement and the ways in which faculty and students participate in communities in order to improve them. Engagement scholarship is a scholarship of "action, " a scholarship of "practice "that takes place both "in "and "with "the community. Within the framework of this new scholarship, the mission of the academy does not begin and end with intellectual discovery and fact-finding. Rather, the academy joins forces with the community, and together they use their knowledge and resources to address pressing social, civic, economic, and moral problems. Each chapter in this book tells a unique story of community engagement and the scholarship of practice in a diverse range of settings, documenting successes and failures, the unintended consequences, and the questions yet to be answered."

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