u : Critical Reflections on Off-Campus Study Programs / ed. by Deborah Louise Curran, Cameron Owens, Helga Thorson, Elizabeth Vibert.

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 invol...

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Other Authors: Borrows, John (Contributor), Buchan, Laura (Contributor), Castleden, Heather (Contributor), Cook, Rob (Contributor), Curran, Deborah Louise (Editor), Curran, Deborah (Contributor), Daley, Kiley (Contributor), Elwood, Sarah (Contributor), Formby, Liah (Contributor), Glass, Michael R. (Contributor), Halvorsen, Emily (Contributor), Harvey, Megan (Contributor), Kennedy, Aisling (Contributor), Kerr, Sam (Contributor), Lax, Sara (Contributor), Mckinney, Kacy (Contributor), Meyer-Lee, Elaine (Contributor), Musisi, Nakanyike B. (Contributor), Owens, Cameron (Editor, Contributor), O'Reilly, Kathleen (Contributor), Peifer, Janelle S. (Contributor), Sadeghi-Yekta, Kirsten (Contributor), Selander, Freya (Contributor), Sherman, Jake Noah (Contributor), Sloan Morgan, Vanessa (Contributor), Sotoudehnia, Maral (Contributor), Sylvestre, Paul (Contributor), Tennent, Emily (Contributor), Thorson, Helga (Editor, Contributor), Vibert, Elizabeth (Contributor, Editor), Williams, Aaron (Contributor), van Noord, Andrea (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Section One: The Processes of Learning Out There
  • Introduction
  • Where the Past and Present Intersect ...
  • 1. "You Cannot Avoid All of This Past, Present, and Future When It's Everywhere Around You": Reflecting Relational Thinking in Field Study Experiences
  • Living in the Moment ...
  • 2. An Integrative, Thematic Approach to International Field Study Programs
  • Being Part of Something Bigger ...
  • 3. The Enlivened Classroom: Bringing the Field Back to Campus
  • There Is No Front of the Classroom Here ...
  • 4. Settlers Unsettled: Using Field Schools and Digital Stories to Transform Geographies of Ignorance about Indigenous Peoples in Canada
  • Discovering Traces of the Past ...
  • Section Two: Implications of Place
  • Introduction
  • Connecting with the Community ...
  • 5. Outsider Education: Indigenous Law and Land-Based Learning
  • Live Life with Significance ...
  • 6. Putting Law in Its Place: Field School Explorations of Indigenous and Colonial Legal Geographies
  • Mysteries Remain ...
  • 7. Power in Place: Dilemmas in Leading Field Schools to the Global South
  • What You Can't Get from a Textbook ...
  • Section Three: Assessing the Value of the Journey
  • Introduction
  • Eyes Wide Open ...
  • 8. Getting Beyond "It Changed My Life": Assessment of Out There Transformation
  • 9:14 AM: Saturday, 14 May 2016
  • "The World Moves Through Us" ...
  • 9. Assessing Learning "Out There": Four Key Challenges and Opportunities
  • Embracing Complexities ...
  • 10. Transformation in the Field: Short-Term Study Abroad and the Pursuit of Changes
  • Education Can Be Empowering ...
  • Concluding Remarks
  • Appendix: Field School Briefings
  • Contributors and Editors