Service-Learning and Social Entrepreneurship in Higher Education
A Pedagogy of Social Change
Published on 24. September 2015
Book
Hardback
96 pages
978-1-137-55443-7 (ISBN)
Description
Service-learning and social entrepreneurship connect students to communities through courses and campus-based opportunities. Each offers students active learning opportunities tied to community engagement and problem solving. Enos presents strategies for creating campus-based programs that educate students for twenty-first century citizenship.
Reviews / Votes
"This book offers a comprehensive and in-depth examination of teaching social change on American campuses, with clear logic and progressive exposition. . the book is definitely worth recommending to a wider readership, as a vitally necessary guidepost and source of critical insights. Beneficiaries of this book may include but not limited to entrepreneurship educators, co-curricular coordinators, civic and community engagement staff, and widespread researchers with backgrounds of higher education, innovation and entrepreneurship, public management, and regional development." (Hao Ni, Jing Tian, Higher Education, Vol 75, 2018)
More details
Series
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Palgrave Macmillan
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
96 p.
Dimensions
Height: 219 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
268 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-55443-7 (9781137554437)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Sandra Enos is Associate Professor of Sociology at Bryant University, USA.
Content
1. The Landscape of Social Change Education 2. Organizing for Engagement 3. Challenges for Service-Learning and Social Entrepreneurship 4. Educating for Engagement: A Turning Point