Academics in Action!: A Model for Community-Engaged Research, Teaching, and Service - Hardcover

Sandra L. Barnes; Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein; Bernadette Doykos; Nina C. Martin; Alison McGuire

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0823268799 ISBN 13: 9780823268795

Publisher: Fordham University Press, 2016

Synopsis

The academy is often described as an ivory tower, isolated from the community surrounding it. Presenting the theory, vision, and implementation of a socially engaged program for the Department of Human and Organizational Development (HOD) in Peabody’s College of Education and Human Development at Vanderbilt University, Academics in Action! describes a more integrated model wherein students and faculty work with communities, learn from them, and bring to bear findings from theory and research to generate solutions to community problems.

Offering examples of community-engaged theory, scholarship, teaching, and action, Academics in Action! describes the nuanced structures that foster and support their development within a research university. Theory and action span multiple ecological levels from individuals and small groups to organizations and social structures. The communities of engagement range from local neighborhoods and schools to arenas of national policy and international development.

Reflecting the unique perspectives of research faculty, practitioners, and graduate students, Academics in Action! documents a specific philosophy of education that fosters and supports engagement; the potentially transformative nature of academic work for students, faculty, and the broader society; and some of the implications and challenges of action-oriented efforts in light of dynamics such as income inequality, racism, and global capitalism. This edited volume chronicles teaching, research, and community action that influences both inside and outside the classroom as well as presents dimensions of a participatory model that set such efforts into action.

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Review:

"Academics in Action shows how the cooperation of academics and community-based organizations can provide teaching and learning that can substantially transform the world toward greater justice."----Jeannine Hill Fletcher "author of Motherhood as Metaphor: Engendering Interreligious Dialogue "

"Academics in Action: A Model for Community-Engaged Research, Teaching, and Service, is a distinctive volume that could potentially inspire colleges and universities to adopt a multidisciplinary collaborative approach to service learning! Since institutions of higher learning are positioned to demonstrate their importance as agents of change, they can show us the significance of compassionate and knowledgeable leadership as it relates to the greater global good. This exceptional book also embraces qualitative and quantitative research. Combining these forms of study strengthens validity and positivistic interpretations of results and findings, leaving readers with noteworthy conclusions and strong implications for future practice at their institutions."----Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt "Le Moyne College Professor Emerita "

Academics in Action! serves as a useful contribution and timely reminder of how universities might develop research agendas which have at their heart a commitment to challenging inequalities through community engaged participation and practice.--Educational Review

Review:

“Academics in Action shows how the cooperation of academics and community-based organizations can provide teaching and learning that can substantially transform the world toward greater justice." Author: ―Jeannine Hill Fletcher

“Academics in Action: A Model for Community-Engaged Research, Teaching, and Service, is a distinctive volume that could potentially inspire colleges and universities to adopt a multidisciplinary collaborative approach to service learning! Since institutions of higher learning are positioned to demonstrate their importance as agents of change, they can show us the significance of compassionate and knowledgeable leadership as it relates to the greater global good. This exceptional book also embraces qualitative and quantitative research. Combining these forms of study strengthens validity and positivistic interpretations of results and findings, leaving readers with noteworthy conclusions and strong implications for future practice at their institutions.” Author: ―Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt

About this edition

• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0823268799
• ISBN 13: 9780823268795
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288