Description
Book SynopsisUniversities across North America and beyond are experiencing growing demand for off-campus, experiential learning. Exploring the foundations of what it means to learn out there, Out There Learning is an informed, critical investigation of the pedagogical philosophies and practices involved in short-term, off-campus programs or field courses. Bringing together contributors’ individual research and experience teaching or administering off-campus study programs, Out There Learning examines and challenges common assumptions about pedagogy, place, and personal transformation, while also providing experience-based insights and advice for getting the most out of faculty-led field courses.
Divided into three sections that investigate aspects of pedagogy, ethics of place, and course and program assessment, this collection offers voices from the field highlighting the experiences of faculty members, students, teaching assistants, and community members enga
Trade Review
"Out There Learning poses fundamental questions about the nature of education in the twenty-first century, especially at a time in which the virtual has brought new challenges and possibilities to the fore. The editors and authors invite us to ponder on the rationale and consequences of field schools on peoples and places and to be aware of the potential for perpetuating neoliberal arrangements that have permeated higher education, bringing a slew of ethical questions about motivations, methods, and implications." -- Hélène B. Ducros * Europe Now Journal, April 2020 *
Table of Contents
SECTION 1: THE PROCESSES OF LEARNING OUT THERE Section Overview Where the past and present intersect … Sam Kerr CHAPTER ONE "You cannot avoid all of this past, present, and future when it’s everywhere around you": Reflecting Relational Thinking in Field Study Experiences Kacy McKinney Living in the moment ... Emily Halvorsen CHAPTER TWO An Integrative, Thematic Approach to International Field Study Programs Aaron Williams Being part of something bigger … Kathleen O’Reilly CHAPTER THREE The Enlivened Classroom: Bringing the Field Back to Campus Nakanyike B. Musisi There is no front of the classroom here … Rob Cook CHAPTER FOUR Settlers Unsettled: Using Field Schools and Digital Stories to Transform Geographies of Ignorance About Indigenous Peoples in Canada Heather Castleden, Kiley Daley, Vanessa Sloan Morgan, and Paul Sylvestre Discovering traces of the past … Sara Lax SECTION 2: IMPLICATIONS OF PLACE Section Overview Connecting with the community … Aisling Kennedy CHAPTER FIVE Outsider Education: Indigenous Law and Land-Based Learning John Borrows Live life with significance … Freya Selander CHAPTER SIX Putting Law in its Place: Field School Explorations of Indigenous and Colonial Legal Geographies Deborah Curran Mysteries remain … Laura Buchan CHAPTER SEVEN Power in Place: Dilemmas in Leading Field Schools to the Global South Elizabeth Vibert and Kirsten Sadeghi-Yekta What you can’t get from a textbook … Sarah Elwood SECTION 3: ASSESSING THE VALUE OF THE JOURNEY Section Overview Kuala Lumpur & Singapore Comparison I and II Bonny Fu CHAPTER EIGHT Getting beyond "It changed my life": Assessment of Out-There Transformation Janelle S. Peifer and Elaine Meyer-Lee 9:14 AM: Saturday, May 14, 2016 "The world moves through us" … Jake Noah Sherman CHAPTER NINE Assessing Learning "Out There": Four Key Challenges and Opportunities Cameron Owens and Maral Sotoudehnia Embracing complexities … Liah Formby CHAPTER TEN Transformation in the Field: Short-Term Study Abroad and the Pursuit of Changes Michael R. Glass Education can be empowering … Emily Tennent
