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Out There Learning
Critical Reflections on Off-Campus Study Programs
Deborah Louise Curran (Edited by), Cameron Owens (Edited by), Helga Mae Thorson (Edited by), Elizabeth Vibert (Edited by)
9781487523145
Paperback / softback, published 30 January 2019
296 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.44 kg
"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."
Universities 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 engaged in every aspect of an off-campus study programs. Several chapters examine study programs in the traditional territories of Indigenous communities and in the Global South. Containing an appendix highlighting some examples of off-campus study programs, Out There Learning offers new pathways for faculty, staff, and college and university administrators interested in enriching the experience of non-traditional avenues of study.
SECTION 1: THE PROCESSES OF LEARNING OUT THERE Section Overview CHAPTER ONE Living in the moment ... CHAPTER TWO Being part of something bigger … CHAPTER THREE There is no front of the classroom here … CHAPTER FOUR Discovering traces of the past … SECTION 2: IMPLICATIONS OF PLACE Section Overview CHAPTER FIVE Live life with significance … CHAPTER SIX Mysteries remain … CHAPTER SEVEN What you can’t get from a textbook … SECTION 3: ASSESSING THE VALUE OF THE JOURNEY Section Overview CHAPTER EIGHT 9:14 AM: Saturday, May 14, 2016 CHAPTER NINE Embracing complexities … CHAPTER TEN Education can be empowering …
Where the past and present intersect …
Sam Kerr
"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
Emily Halvorsen
An Integrative, Thematic Approach to International Field Study Programs
Aaron Williams
Kathleen O’Reilly
The Enlivened Classroom: Bringing the Field Back to Campus
Nakanyike B. Musisi
Rob Cook
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
Sara Lax
Connecting with the community …
Aisling Kennedy
Outsider Education: Indigenous Law and Land-Based Learning
John Borrows
Freya Selander
Putting Law in its Place: Field School Explorations of Indigenous and Colonial Legal Geographies
Deborah Curran
Laura Buchan
Power in Place: Dilemmas in Leading Field Schools to the Global South
Elizabeth Vibert and Kirsten Sadeghi-Yekta
Sarah Elwood
Kuala Lumpur & Singapore Comparison I and II
Bonny Fu
Getting beyond "It changed my life": Assessment of Out-There Transformation
Janelle S. Peifer and Elaine Meyer-Lee
"The world moves through us" …
Jake Noah Sherman
Assessing Learning "Out There": Four Key Challenges and Opportunities
Cameron Owens and Maral Sotoudehnia
Liah Formby
Transformation in the Field: Short-Term Study Abroad and the Pursuit of Changes
Michael R. Glass
Emily Tennent