In The Craft of Community-Engaged Teaching and Learning: A Guide for Faculty Development, Marshall Welch and Star Plaxton-Moore provide an accessible, yet comprehensive, introduction to the field of community-engaged scholarship. The book’s three major sections provide a developmental sequence that can help faculty establish core competencies of the community-engaged scholar. Although intended to be used as a textbook for faculty development programs, new and seasoned engaged scholars alike will benefit from this nearly encyclopedic overview of the history, theoretical foundations, and best practices of university–community engagement. *** En El arte de la enseñanza y el aprendizaje a través de la participación comunitaria: Una guía para el desarrollo del docente, Marshall Welch y Star Plaxton-Moore ofrecen una introducción accessible, a la vez que exhaustiva, a las becas en el marco de la participación comunitaria. Las tres secciones principales del libro presentan una secuencia de desarrollo que puede ayudar al docente a adquirir las competencias eseciales del académico comprometido con la comunidad. Este libro de texto, pensado originalmente para programas de capacitación docente, beneficiará no sólo a nuevos académicos sino también a los experimentados, por su visión casi enciclopédica de la historia, los fundamentos teóricos y las mejores prácticas del compromiso entre la universidad y la comunidad.
How can universities organize their international community engagement to optimize both student learning and community impact? This article describes the St. Thomas University/Port-de-Paix, Haiti, Global Solidarity Partnership, and provides one model of how a project-focused scaffolding of engaged scholarship opportunities can enhance student learning, empower local communities, and support long-term development.
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