Open Access3: Education for Responsible Citizenship: A Challenge for Faculty Developers
Author(s) -
Ehrlich Thomas
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
to improve the academy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-4822
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-4822.2001.tb00523.x
Subject(s) - citizenship , service learning , pedagogy , civic engagement , service (business) , sociology , foundation (evidence) , work (physics) , experiential learning , psychology , engineering ethics , public relations , political science , economy , politics , law , economics , engineering , mechanical engineering
Higher education professionals need clearer, stronger frameworks for the integration of both civic and moral learning and the more common cognitive learning that occurs in traditional classrooms. This article addresses when and why this author chose to focus on community service‐learning as a way to reengage in direct work with students and other civic responsibilities. His discussion focuses on student acquisition of academic knowledge and skills through service‐learning and the study of ethical dilemmas facing professionals in different fields. He proffers in‐depth discussion on service‐learning programs championed by the Carnegie Foundation and addresses how these programs working with faculty across the country ground their philosophy in moral and civic responsibility. Finally, and in some ways most importantly, he discusses how all of us in higher education need clearer, stronger frameworks for the integration of both civic and moral learning and the more common cognitive learning that occurs in traditional classrooms.