Describes programs which take students out of the classroom to connect what they learn with issues of community, national, or international concern. The book details an experimental education approach that combines the best features of discussion and interaction, laboratory work and field learning, community involvement and service, democratic citizenship and skills training, and student-initiated participatory learning.
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"A high-speed critique of the mission, curriculum, pedagogy, student services, and financing of the academy at the And of the twentieth century. David Lempert proposes a student-initiated and community-oriented course/curriculum that is problem-centered, cooperative, interdisciplinary, experiential, and rooted in the principles of participatory democracy." —--David Warren, president, National Association of IndepAndent Colleges and Universities
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In Escape From the Ivory Tower, Lempert describes the program he developed called ``Unseen America,'' which takes students out of the classroom and enables them to connect what they are learning with problems at community, national, and international levels. Examining experiential education from the students' perspective, Lampert details an approach that combines the best features of discussion and interaction, laboratory work and field learning, community involvement and service, democratic citizenship and skills training, and student initiated participatory learning--in courses, projects, and clinical work that go well beyond traditional classroom education.Rich in exciting, vivid examples of students engaged in meaningful social change, the book offers pragmatic solutions with useful tools that are ready for implementation, designed at low cost within the constraints of existing resources, by the students themselves. The book includes detailed descriptions and ``how-to'' materials for several university courses that have already been tested successfully, an international policy project that took a group of students to Ecuador, and other ideas for experiential courses at all levels of the university curriculum. The author also provides useful tips on innovations that supplement the curriculum but are extracurricular, along with suggestions for coordinating them within existing universities.Escape From the Ivory Tower presents valuable ideas for rekindling the spirit of the country's young people for productivity and fulfilling lives--while presenting a clear vision of how the educational system can serve and create a healthier and more democratic society.
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