Ch. 9: Facilitating Learner Development Through Civic Engagement EXPs

Question 1

Civic engagement

Answer 1

-Individual or collective actions to identify & address issues of public concern
-Provides opportunity for students to learn about diversity & good citizenship

Question 2

Examples of Civic engagement

Answer 2

Incl volunteering, org involvement, & advocacy

Question 3

Four basic types of Civic Engagement

Answer 3

1) Civic Action
2) Civic Commitment or Duty
3) Civic Skills
4) Social Cohesion

Question 4

1. Civic Action (Type of Civic Engagement)

Answer 4

Participating in service learning (SL) activities or volunteering to help improve a community

Question 5

Example of Civic Action

Answer 5

Participating in activity that promotes racial equality

Question 6

2. Civic Commitment or Duty (Type of Civic Engagement)

Answer 6

Working actively to make “pos contributions to society”

Question 7

3. Civic Skills (Type of Civic Engagement)

Answer 7

Active involvement in civil society, politics, democratic processes

Question 8

4. Social Cohesion

Answer 8

Building & sustaining “sense of reciprocity, trust, & bonding to others”

Question 9

Example of Social Cohesion

Answer 9

Develop long-term relationships thru SNA

Question 10

Service Learning (SL)

Answer 10

-Integrates learning activities w/ voluntary, community-based activities that develop civic responsibility & engagement (to address human & community needs)
-Form of experiential edu
-Incl structured reflection & debriefing to facilitate building connections b/t EXP & curricular content

Question 11

Benefits of using SL as learning activity:

Answer 11

-Can be used to enhance cultural competence to work w/ diverse pop’s for learners in variety of settings
-Can change attitudes towards homeless ppl

Question 12

What is goal of SL?

Answer 12

Fundamentally infl long-term actions of students (not to practice skills)

Question 13

Four elements of global health (prereq content for study abroad trips)

Answer 13

1) Epidemiology
2) Environ health
3) Community resources
4) Social welfare

Question 14

1) Epidemiology (Element of global health)

Answer 14

Causality, risk, rates of occurrence of health & illness

Question 15

2) Environ health

Answer 15

Environ factors affecting health (i.e. food, water)

Question 16

3) Community resources

Answer 16

Availability & access to healthcare

Question 17

4) Social welfare

Answer 17

& role of nursing in healthcare availability of nurses & nurs schools & healthcare system

Question 18

How much preparation is needed for Study-abroad EXPs?

Answer 18

Preplanning - min of 6 mo. to a year is needed

Question 19

How is Study-abroad EXPs diff from SL?

Answer 19

-Time commitment is usually longer
-Focuses on more in-depth examination of culture, roles, policy, EXPs
-Long-term objective focuses more on personalized outcomes (i.e. improved job skills or enhanced opportunities for grad edu, careers, internat’l travels)
-Emphasizes content learning about 1’s own & other cultures

Question 20

How is SL diff from Study-abroad EXPs?

Answer 20

-Blend of learning & volunteering
-Tends to emphasize on reciprocal learning & growth for faculty & community members (along w/ students)
-Has longer-term outcomes
-Focuses less on cultures & “more on results of cultural interactions” (i.e. decr racism)

Question 21

What is an example to strength ethical & civic responsibility?

Answer 21

Becoming an officer for student gov
Student volunteers to tutor or become mentor

Question 22

What is an example of exercising civic responsibility?

Answer 22

Voting in campus & local elections