scholarly journals Pura Vida with a Purpose: Energizing Engagement with Human Rights through Service-Learning

10.18060/671 ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn Bartick Ericson
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
International Education ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Student Surveys ◽  
International Service Learning ◽  
International Service ◽  
The World ◽  
Learning Research ◽  
Do So

This paper examines the effects of an international service-learning course with a strong human rights component. Human rights have social justice as an essential component and advancing both are considered core competencies in social work. International education in colleges and universities has gained in popularity as has service-learning. Research has been carried out in both these areas. However, less research has been done on the combination of the two. In this paper a course is described during which students spent three weeks in Costa Rica, the land of Pura Vida, learning about its human rights efforts, its language, getting to know its people, and providing service to some of its citizens. An analysis of student surveys and journals revealed a strengthened belief on the part of the participants that they are competent to have an impact on the world as well as having a responsibility to do so.

scholarly journals A Paradigm Shift in International Service-Learning: The Imperative for Reciprocal Learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4473
Author(s):  
Lynn Gregory ◽  
Kathleen Schroeder ◽  
Cynthia Wood
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Reciprocal Learning ◽  
Global Inequality ◽  
Community Impact ◽  
International Service Learning ◽  
International Service ◽  
The Us ◽  
Positive Results ◽  
Do So

The US-based authors argue that the practice of what we currently call “international service-learning” does not generally achieve its most important goals in the context of the global South, especially those based on the development of mutually beneficial relationships with host communities. The primary impediments to achieving this goal in any interaction between students and vulnerable peoples are: (1) the belief that a student’s reflection on their experience is sufficient, both to evaluate community impact and to promote student learning; (2) the assumption that service always has positive results; and most critically; (3) the concept of service itself. While something new and positive can be created to replace international service-learning, the changes required to do so are so fundamental that the result will be something completely different from the way that international service-learning is conducted today. We argue for the need to reframe international service-learning with a focus on reciprocal learning or risk continuing to function as a neocolonial practice with likely harm to communities and to our students as we engage in practices that reify global inequality.

scholarly journals International Service Learning: Analytical Review of Published Research Literature

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-131
Author(s):  
Brett Dixon
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
International Education ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
International Service Learning ◽  
International Service ◽  
Analytical Review ◽  
Ebsco Host ◽  
Year 2000

International service learning (ISL) is an emerging area of international education.  This paper summarizes scholarly journal articles on ISL programs, organized by academic disciplines and service-learning project areas.  Who administers ISL programs and how, the countries in which these projects have occurred, and the outcomes and benefits of the projects discussed in this literature is presented.  Relevant literature on “International Service Learning” from full-text scholarly peer-reviewed journals on 67 EBSCO Host databases published from 2000 to 2013 served as the basis for this literature review.  No returns were found in this search before the year 2000.  Of 96 returns, 41 of them, published from 2003 to 2013, were relevant for this review.

Community Involvement and Benefits From an International Service Learning Program

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (7) ◽  
pp. 5-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lata A. Krishnan ◽  
Christi Masters ◽  
Jennifer M. Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Community Involvement ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Short Term ◽  
International Service Learning ◽  
International Service ◽  
Short Term Study ◽  
Service Activities ◽  
Study Abroad Program

Service learning (SL) is a form of experiential learning in which students are involved in community service activities that are related to academic course objectives. A key aspect that separates SL from other forms of experiential learning is the mutually beneficial nature of the service activities. Much of the SL and international SL (ISL) literature has focused on positive learning outcomes for students, with much less focus on the benefits of SL to the community. Speech, Language, and Hearing Services (SLHS) in Zambia is an intensive SL short-term study abroad program. This paper describes the benefits to the community via the SLHS in Zambia program.

The Challenge of Sustaining Peace

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Necla Tschirgi ◽  
Cedric de Coning
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Security Council ◽  
Original Design ◽  
Entire Spectrum ◽  
The World ◽  
Effective Instrument ◽  
International Peacebuilding ◽  
Do So

While demand for international peacebuilding assistance increases around the world, the UN’s Peacebuilding Architecture (PBA) remains a relatively weak player, for many reasons: its original design, uneasy relations between the Peacebuilding Commission and Security Council, turf battles within the UN system, and how UN peacebuilding is funded. This chapter examines the PBA’s operations since 2005, against the evolution of the peacebuilding field, and discusses how the PBA can be a more effective instrument in the UN’s new “sustaining peace” approach. To do so, it would have to become the intergovernmental anchor for that approach, without undermining the intent that “sustaining peace” be a system-wide responsibility, encompassing the entire spectrum of UN activities in peace, security, development, and human rights.

scholarly journals Using Campinha-Bacote's Framework to Examine Cultural Competence from an Interdisciplinary International Service Learning Program

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth DeVane Wall-Bassett ◽  
Archana V. Hedge ◽  
Katelyn Craft ◽  
Amber Oberlin
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Cultural Competency ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Educational Tool ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
International Service Learning ◽  
International Service ◽  
Reflective Journals ◽  
Interdisciplinary Programs ◽  
Nutrition Science

The purpose of this study was to investigate an interdisciplinary international service learning program and its impact on student sense of cultural awareness and competence using the Campinha-Bacote’s (2002) framework of cultural competency model. Seven undergraduate and one graduate student from Human Development and Nutrition Science disciplines participated in the program. Reflections from a synthesis paper post-travel were analyzed using an inductive approach. Six themes emerged from the reflective journals and were applied to Campinha-Bacote’s cultural competency constructs. Participating and learning together while reflecting helped deepen and progress this process for ISL students. Overall, the experience proved to be an effective educational tool for sensitizing students towards cultural competency within interdisciplinary programs.

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