Teaching and Learning About Communities Principles and Practices
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 chang
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Katharine Kravetz
Teaching and Learning About Communities
Katharine Kravetz
Teaching and Learning About Communities Principles and Practices
Katharine Kravetz American University Washington DC, USA
ISBN 978-1-137-56108-4 ISBN 978-1-137-56109-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-56109-1 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016955842 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Nature America Inc. New York The registered company address is: 1 New York Plaza, New York, NY 10004, U.S.A
Acknowledgments
For my own education in the study of communities, I have called on many sources, including dozens of outstanding guest speakers and organizations that have hosted me and my students over the years, and whose passion about communities is an inspiration to all of us. I am particularly indebted to three American University colleagues: Mark Sherman, who proposed and outlined a Washington Semester program on communities; former Washington Semester Dean David C. Brown, who supported the creation of the program; and Heather Heckel, who, as a valued and generous coteacher, provided invaluable advice on this manuscript. In the early days of learning about community, I was fortunate to benefit from the support and advice of two colleagues who think outside the box: Bobby Hackett and Dan Butin. Robert Egger, a loyal colleague, also thinks outside the box in ways that has caused me and my students to think about communities far more creatively. I am particularly grateful for the support, cogent thinking, and always sound advice of Peter Levine and the late Liz Hollander. Finally, this book in its present form would not exist without the critical thinking of my son, Daniel Kravetz, and editorial genius of my husband, Eric Kravetz.
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