Experiential Education for Community Development

by Paul S. Denise, Ian Harris

Overview

These 20 essays illustrate teaching strategies that can be incorporated into community-based practicums and internships. The book explores the innovative uses of experiential education in community work. Useful techniques for community problem-solving and ways in which groups can learn to work together more effectively are provided. There are new applications of democratic practice. Mutual self-respect and collective self-reliance are encouraged. Practitioners will find they can have power in an increasingly interdependent society and world. Experiential Education for Community Development suggests a degree of pre-planning accompanied by analysis.

The essays are organized by topic. Two beginning essays provide an overview and general theoretical orientation to the material. The next four sections offer a variety of case studies on community work education experience in the United States and other countries drawn primarily from programs of community and organizational development and community education. An afterword presents a synthesis of the editors' findings and an assessment of the future of experiential education in community work. This volume is the third in a series on the concepts, issues, and strategies of community development education and training. Experiential Education for Community Development is a valuable resource for practitioners and teachers of community work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313264054
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/24/1989
Series:	Contributions to the Study of Education , #31
Pages:	307
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.75(d)
Lexile:	1420L (what's this?)

About the Author

PAUL S. DENISE is an Assistant Professor of Community Development at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.

IAN M. HARRIS is Professor of Educational Policy and Community Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Table of Contents

Preface
Theories, Definitions and Origins of Experiential Education
Experiential Education for Community Development by Ian M. Harris, Paul S. Denise, and Richard M. Thomas
Learning about Japan: Some Theoretical Bases by Glen A. Eyford
Citizens and Citizen Groups in Communities
A Ray of Hope for the Farmers of San Filipe by Edwin L. Duckles
Community Development Skills Training: A Collaborative Approach by Vickie Braglio Luther and Gregory P. Spencer
The Service Civil Service International in West Africa by Dorthea E. Woods
VISTA as Experiential Education by Linda A. Sunde
Leaders in Community Organizations
Sunnyslope by John E. Walker
Managing Change for Public Institutions and Community Change Agents by Fred Fisher
A Case Study from Zaire by D. Merrill Ewert
The Kitwe Story: Change Agent Training for Zambian Urban Settlements by Richard M. Thomas
A Model Curriculum for Mental Health Paraprofessionals by Jerome Seliger
Innovative College and University Programs
The University's Role in Promotion Community Services by Alec Dickson
The Antioch Experience by Thomas Haugsby and Andrew Winnock
Evaluation: The Key to a Successful International Program by Michael Belsky
Granting College Credit for Prior Community Work by Ian M. Harris
University Year for Action: A Community Service- Learning Program by Raymond Lenzi
Innovative College and University Courses
The Navajo Cultural Immersion Project by Richard G. DeGraw
Learning in the Community: An Undergraduate Training Program by Edward W. Gondolph
The Rural Community Development Learning Center by Hilda R. Heady
Action-Oriented Experiential Education: The Case of Land-Use Plans by Lorraine Garkovich and Michael J. Greene
Afterword
Bibliography
Index