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Decolonizing International Service Learning : (Record no. 27481)

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LC control number 2023014754
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International Standard Book Number 9789004547483
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International Standard Book Number 9789004547490
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Standard number or code 10.1163/9789004547483
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Classification number 370.116
Edition information 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Sullivan, Michael O',
Relator term author.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Decolonizing International Service Learning :
Remainder of title Pre- and Post-COVID Perspectives /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Michael O’Sullivan and Harry Smaller.
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Title proper/short title Pre- and Post-COVID Perspectives
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Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Leiden ;
-- Boston :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Brill,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2023.
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Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice ©2023
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Extent 1 online resource (162 pages) :
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Series statement Anti-colonial Educational Perspectives for Transformative Change ;
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Series statement Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2023
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Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Title Introduction: Why This Book? -- 1 History of ISL Programs, Traditional Research, and Colonialist Perspectives -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Defining the Service Learning Project - Tensions and Critiques -- 3 ''Social Justice" - What Does the Term Mean and What Are Its ISL Implications? -- 4 Continuing Critiques of Traditional ISL Approaches - Two Notable Examples -- 5 Experiential Learning - Definitions, Applications, and Critiques -- 6 Service Learning - Is There a Continuum from Traditional to Critical? -- 7 Critical/Transformative Service Learning -- 8 Decolonization -- 9 Imagining the World Differently -- 10 Discussion -- 2 Our Involvement in ISL, Overview of Our and Related Recent Research, and Our Research Methodology -- 1 Background to the Study - Our Experiences with ISL Programs -- 2 Exploring the Relevant Research Literature -- 3 Planning the Empirical Phase of Our Study -- 4 Selection of Community Sites for Researching -- 5 Engagement in the Communities -- 6 Analyzing the Interview Results -- 3 Village Experiences with and Perspectives of ISL: Research Findings -- 1 Findings -- 2 Discussion -- 4 ISL Program Leaders' Experiences and Perspectives: Research Findings -- 1 The Program Leaders -- 2 Significant Issues Raised by the Program Leaders -- 3 Summary -- 5 The Village That Said ''No": Research Findings -- 1 We Hear about St. Ignatius -- 2 Background to St. Ignatius -- 3 Decision to Host ISL Groups in the Village -- 4 The Visitors -- 5 The SICDA ISL Program Runs into Difficulties -- 6 Discussion -- 7 Conclusions -- 6 A Nicaraguan/Guatemalan Encuentro: Villagers Hosting International Service-Learning Groups Reflect on Their Experiences -- 1 Preparing for the Encuentro -- 2 The Encuentro Participants -- 3 Activities during and Following the Three-Day Event -- 4 Discussion of ISL Issues of Interest/Concern to Encuentro Participants -- 5 Discussion -- 6 Conclusions -- 7 Effects of COVID-19 on Existing ISL Programs -- 1 Overview of the COVID-19 Pandemic - General Global Effects -- 2 Reports from Coordinators and Participants -- 3 Disruption of ISL Programs by COVID-19 -- 4 One Silver Lining of the Pandemic - An Opportunity for Raising Questions -- 5 Development and Implementation of Alternatives to Traditional ISL Approaches -- 6 Service Learning - Pros and Cons -- 7 ''Virtual" Approaches - Pros and Cons -- 8 Summary -- 8 Decolonizing ISL Programs: Post-Pandemic Perceptions and Possibilities -- 1 Neo-Colonialism/Decoloniality and International Service Learning -- 2 Challenging the Colonial Characteristics of Traditional ISL -- 3 ISL Visits: A Distraction or a Potential Decolonizing Learning Experience for Both Partners to the Encounter? -- 3 How Might ISL Programs Be Changed to Reflect True North-South Equity and Solidarity? -- 3 Applying Elements of Andreotti's heads up to ISL Trip Preparation -- 3 Decolonizing ISL -- 3 Conclusion -- 9 Conclusions -- Index.
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Summary, etc. Despite the existence of a robust literature reviewed throughout this text which critiques salvationist models of international Service Learning (ISL), including literature that advocates deeply reciprocal relationships between global northern sending organizations and global southern host organizations, neocolonial models of ISL remain the dominant practice. The authors pose an ISL model that puts north/south reciprocity at the entre of ISL planning and implementation - based on their research and engagement in multiple ISL experiences and, importantly, from the input of representatives of global southern host organizations at a south-south gathering ( encuentro ). This constitutes a rupture with the current model that views the host village as an extension of a group leader's classroom; rather, it makes the host community a space for difficult learning based on what hosts want their visitors to take home. The interruptions of ISL travel represented by COVID constituted an opportunity to consider alternative models; despite the awareness of environmental impacts of travel, it is likely that ISL trips will resume. It is, therefore, increasingly important that the ISL experience becomes a means of generating solidarity rather than the reinforcement of neocolonial ''helping imperatives" associated with the traditional model. .
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Language note English
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Source of description note Description based on print version record.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Education and globalization.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Experiential learning
General subdivision Cross-cultural studies.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element World citizenship.
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Personal name Smaller, Harry,
Relator term author.
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Relationship information Print version:
Title Decolonizing International Service Learning : Pre- and Post-COVID Perspectives.
Place, publisher, and date of publication Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2023.
International Standard Book Number 9789004547490
Record control number (DLC) 2023014753
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Anti-colonial Educational Perspectives for Transformative Change ;
Volume/sequential designation 13.
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Uniform title Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2023.
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Public note DOI:
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004547483">http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004547483</a>

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