Bulls, Goats, and Pedagogy
Engaging Students in Overseas Development Aid
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12376996 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William F S Miles (0000-0001-5557-9222, Universidad del Noreste, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 181-187 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | PS Political Science & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1049-0965 • E-ISSN: 1537-5935 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1049096509090179 |
| OpenAlex | W2134078490 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
This article illustrates the profound learning that occurs—for students and instructor alike—when a class on third-world development attempts to undertake foreign aid. With undergraduate, graduate, and departmental money, I purchased bulls and carts for farmers, and goats for widows, in two West African villages. Such experiential learning personalized for students the study of micropolitics under conditions of poverty, the development of organizational structure, and north-south dependency
Class (philosophy · Dependency (UML · Economic growth · Experiential learning · Medical education · Pedagogy · Political science · Poverty · Sociology · Adult and Continuing Education Topics · Engineering · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Medicine · Psychology · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |