SOC 225 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2 part 2/5: Social Inequality, Social Change
11 Jan 2018
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Traditional vs. critical service-learning: engaging the literature to differentiate. Two models. michigan journal of community service learning 50 65. Goal: deconstruct systems of power so the need for service and the inequalities that create and sustain them are dismantled. Students become more tolerant, altruistic, and culturally aware; stronger leadership and communication skills, stronger critical thinking skills. } without these concepts, service-learning could perpetuate inequality and reinforce an. Us-them dichotomy; it could also serce to mobilize privileged students to participate and embrace systems of privilege. Can influence youth to make political and economic decisions addressing issues. Academic service-learning experiences with a social justice orientation. More accessible and easier to facilitate with a given group of students over a short time. Critical service-learning pedagogy balances the student outcomes with an emphasis on social change. Social change efforts [address] inequalities and fundamental social challenges by creating structures and conditions that promote equality, autonomy, cooperation, and sustainability .
