Experiencing Dialogue

This article focuses on the importance of non-programmed, daily conversation in experiential learning, particularly when such learning takes the form of working with communities and organizations. Such educational strategies, often referred to as service learning, have been a long-standing component of applied anthropology training programs and are now an increasingly common pedagogy for students in all majors. With a core philosophy that includes engagement beyond the university, service learning is defined at Indiana University-Purdue University (where I teach) as: Credit-bearing educational experience in which students (1) participate in an organized service activity that meets identified community needs, (2) reflect on the service activity in such a way as to gain further understanding of course content and broader appreciation of the discipline, and (3) gain an enhanced sense of personal values and civic responsibility (Bringle, Hatcher, and Holland 2007)

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  Open Access•Sara Grusky•American Behavioral Scientist•2000

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