Title Higher education and civic engagement : international perspectives / edited by Lorraine McIlrath and Iain Mac Labhrainn.

Descript 1 online resource (xxvi, 201 pages) : illustrations Series Corporate social responsibility series Corporate social responsibility series. Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents Higher education and civic engagement : conceptual issues -- Concepts of citizenship in the context of political education / Richard Taylor -- Love, reason and the future of civil society / Michael Edwards -- Recovering the civic university / Ronald Barnett -- The case for service learning / Edward Zlotkowski -- Institutional considerations -- Rethinking the place of community-based engagement at universities / Ahmed C. Bawa -- Institutionalizing service-learning in higher education / Andrew Furco -- The process of localising pedagogies for civic engagement in Ireland : the significance of conceptions, culture and context / Josephine A. Boland and Lorraine McIlrath -- Embedding process and practice -- Identifying and teaching civic engagement skills through service learning / Marshall Welch -- Towards enhanced citizenship : the potential of service learning in teacher education : a national and international perspective / Timothy R. Murphy -- Service learning's challenge to the educator / Mark Doorley -- Serving, learning and reflective practice at Roehampton University, London / Jennifer Iles -- Civic youth work and implications for service learning : lessons from Northern Ireland / Ross Velure Roholt and Paul Smyth -- Place matters : partnerships for civic learning -- Nan Kari and Nan Skelton -- Service learning as a shared developmental journey : tapping the potential of the pedagogy / Brandon Whitney, Julie McClure, Alissa Respet, and Patti Clayton. Summary Bringing together an international team of contributors, this volume provides an original and powerful contribution to debates about the civic purpose of higher education. It suggests that universities can best realize their civic mission by making it central to their policy and practice. Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide Subject Citizenship -- Study and teaching -- Cross-cultural studies. Civics -- Study and teaching -- Cross-cultural studies. Service learning -- Cross-cultural studies. EDUCATION -- Higher. Citizenship -- Study and teaching. (OCoLC)fst00861932 Civics -- Study and teaching. (OCoLC)fst00862347 Service learning. (OCoLC)fst01431330 Alt Author McIlrath, Lorraine. MacLabhrainn, Iain. ISBN 9780754688808 (electronic bk.) 0754688801 (electronic bk.) 9780754648895 (alk. paper) 0754648893 (alk. paper) 9781315586786 (electronic bk.) 1315586789 (electronic bk.)