ACE 640 - Community-Based Education

Credits: 3
Community-based education has a rich history in the United States and around the world. Community-based education is educational initiatives generated by individuals and groups outside of formal educational structures, frequently for the purpose of achieving social change. Following are some of the concepts investigated in this course: social, cultural, and economic reasons for the origins of community-based education, support structures generated to sustain and enhance community-based education, types of learning that results, both individually and communally, and the outcomes of community-based education that affect individuals, groups, and communities.

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