Conflict zone, comfort zone : ethics, pedagogy, and effecting change in field-based courses / edited by Agnieszka Paczyńska and Susan F. Hirsch

By taking students out of their comfort zone, field-based courses--which are increasingly popular in secondary and postsecondary education--have the potential to be deep, transformative learning experiences. But what happens when the field in question is a site of active or recent conflict?

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction the benefits and challenges of field-based courses in conflict zones / Agnieszka Paczynska and Susan F. Hirsch -- Considering ethics -- Ethics and field-based courses : how to prepare students for the challenges of practice / Susan F. Hirsch and Agnieszka Paczynska -- Framing "experience" in international field-based learning / Leslie Dwyer and Alison Castel -- Field-based courses as transformative education : the role of practical ethics as a framework / Pushpa Iyer -- Improving pedagogy -- Developing leaders through innovative education : the olive tree initiative's experiential learning approach to teaching about intractable conflicts / Daniel R. Brunstetter and Daniel Wehrenfennig -- Windows and mirrors in the wall : experiential learning in Northern Ireland / Jennifer M. Ramos -- The use of service learning in teaching about conflict / Allyson M. Lowe and Sandi DiMola -- Field-based service learning pedagogy and its effects / Patricia A. Maulden and Lisa Elaine Shaw -- Effecting change -- Making change makers : integrating service learning into NGO management courses / Maryam Z. Deloffre -- When context and pretext collide : reflective practice as an ethical framework for field-based learning / Gina M. Cerasani and rj nickels -- Cultivating transformation in field-based courses / Alexander Cromwell -- To hell and back with good intentions : global service learning in the shadow of Ivan Illich / Anthony C. Ogden and Eric Hartman -- Conclusion best practices and next directions / Susan F. Hirsch and Agnieszka Paczynska

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