{"product_id":"academics-in-action-a-model-for-communityengaged-research-teaching-and-service-9780823268801","title":"Academics in Action  A Model for CommunityEngaged","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edited volume, Academics in Action! describes a multi-disciplinary model informed by the educational philosophy of John Dewey wherein students and faculty work with communities, learn from them, and combing findings from theory and research to develop solutions to solve community problems. The volume offers innovative examples of community-engaged research, teaching, and service.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction     Part I: Theories, Frameworks, and Experiences    Chapter 1: \"John Dewey, Participatory Democracy and University-Community Partnerships by Bob Innes, Leigh Gilchist, Susan Friedman, and Kristen Tompkins    Chapter 2: \"The Ethical Foundations of Human and Organizational Development Programs: The EHDC across the Curriculum, by Paul Dokecki, Linda Isaacs, Hasina Mohyuddin, and Mark McCormack    Chapter 3: Faculty and Student Experiences as a Model for Academic Action\" by Oluchi Nwosu, Emily Hennessey, Emily Burchfield, Sandra Barnes, Lauren Brinkley-Rubenstein, and Sharon Shields     Part II: Implications and Responses: Academics in Action!    Chapter 4: \"Using Research to Guide Efforts to Prevent and End Homelessness\" by Beth Shinn, Lindsay Mayberry, Andrew Greer, Ben Fisher, Jessica Gibbons, and Vera Chatman    Chapter 5: \"Ecological Research Promoting Positive Youth Development\" by Carol T. Nixon, Bernadette Doykos, Velma M. Murry, Maury Nation, Nina Martin, Alley Pickren, and Joseph Gardella    Chapter 6: \"Putting Boyer's Four Types of Scholarship into Practice: A Community Research and Action Perspective on Public Health\" by Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, William L. Turner, Vera Chatman, Laurel Lunn and Abbey Mann    Chapter 7: \"Conducting Research on Comprehensive Community Development Initiatives: Balancing Methodological Rigor and Community Responsiveness\" by Kimberly Bess, Bernadette Doykos, Joanna Geller, Krista Craven, and Maury Nation     Part III: Academic Structures that Foster Synergy, Collaboration, and Courses    Chapter 8: \"The Field School in Intercultural Education as a Model for International Service-Learning and Collaborative Action-Research Training\" by Holly Karakos, Doug Perkins, Joanna Geller, Ben Fisher, , Nikolay Mihaylov, Sharon Shields, Laurel Lunn, and Neal Palmer    Chapter 9: \"An Interfaith Research Group Seeks to Understand Interfaith Community Groups: Creating a Mosaic of Personal Religious Values and Narratives\" by Paul Dokecki, Linda Isaacs, Hasina Mohyuddin, and Mark McCormack    Chapter 10: \"Practicum Outcomes and Their Contributions\" by Heather Smith, Vicki Davis, Beth Shinn, and Stephanie Zuckerman    Chapter 11: \"Can Philosophy, Theory, Pedagogy, and Practice Come Together to Guide Professional Education?\" by Linda Isaacs, Sharon Shields, Craig Anne Heflinger, Paul Speer,Neal Palmer, Brendan O'Conner, and Allison McGuire    Chapter 12:, \"Links to Human Development, Social Justice, and Human Ecology or HDC's Roots from Dewey and Kohlberg\", Andy Finch, Gina Frieden, Nina Martin, and Bethany Pittman     Volume Conclusion","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406143201623,"sku":"9780823268801","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780823268801.jpg?v=1730494676","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/academics-in-action-a-model-for-communityengaged-research-teaching-and-service-9780823268801","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}