Coming to Critical Engagement An Autoethnographic Exploration

by Fear, Frank A.; Rosaen, Cheryl L.; Bawden, Richard J.; Foster-Fishman, Pennie G.; Miller, Patricia P.

• ISBN13: 9780761834717
• ISBN10: 0761834710
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-16
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

Engagement is the label increasingly embraced by higher education to describe activities associated with serving the public interest. What had been viewed previously as service to, extension of, and outreach from is now engagement with as faculty members, students, and staff collaborate with partners in community affairs. This book describes how members of a faculty learning community have come to understand engagement as both intellectual endeavor and scholarly practice at the interface between academy and citizenry.

Author Biography

Frank A. Fear is Professor in the Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation, and Resource Studies at Michigan State University Cheryl L. Rosaen is Associate Professor in the Department of Teacher Education at Michigan State University Richard J. Bawden is Distinguished Visiting Professor at Michigan State University Pennie G. Foster-Fishman is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Michigan State University

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
Jeffrey S. Nielsen
Acknowledgments	vii
Authors' Note	ix
Introduction	xi
Part I A Frame of Reference
Chapter 1 Finding Our Voice: Locating Our Place	1	(22)
Chapter 2 Stories of Critical Engagement	23	(20)
Chapter 3 Living Our Way into a New Way of Thinking: An Exploration of Mindful Inquiry	43	(34)
Chapter 4 Have We Ever Been Critically Engaged?	77	(32)
Part II Digging into Engagement
Chapter 5 Learning Through Discourse	109	(24)
Chapter 6 From Building Connections to Developing Social Capital to Leverage Change	133	(22)
Chapter 7 Co-Empowerment and Working toward Betterment	155	(24)
Chapter 8 Critical Engagement, Transformation, and Development	179	(66)
Part III Making Sense of It All
Chapter 9 Coming to Critical Engagement: Personal Implications	245	(12)
Chapter 10 Coming to Critical Engagement: Intellectual Implications	257	(46)
About the Authors	303