Overview
- This project concerns community studies, an area of inquiry which exists across academia but about which
- little of a comprehensive nature has been written
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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About this book
This book provides a rationale and conceptual framework for teaching and learning about community. It focuses on what community means in multiple contexts, outlines the needs and assets of communities, and discusses different approaches to community change. The book provides real life examples of integrated approaches to community transformation as well as sample exercises to promote a better understanding of community challenges and approaches to solve them. Applicable in the classroom and in actual community work, the book’s conceptual and practical approach can be used to study community, or to integrate community issues into learning in virtually any field.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Katharine Kravetz is Assistant Professor Emerita in the School of Professional and Extended Studies at American University, USA. She founded and taught American University’s Washington Semester Transforming Communities and Public Policy Seminar. Kravetz has received the Harvard/Radcliffe Undergraduate History Prize and the Adjunct Faculty Teaching Award from American University’s School of Public Affairs.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Teaching and Learning About Communities
Book Subtitle: Principles and Practices
Authors: Katharine Kravetz
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56109-1
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot New York
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-56108-4Published: 08 December 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-56109-1Published: 08 December 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 109