A short-term academic program that takes students out of the classroom and places them in the field, giving them the opportunity to learn first-hand how to apply theories and concepts from the classroom to practical problems. Field schools provide students with the opportunity to develop practice skills and experience with research.
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Reflections on the Pedagogy of International Field Schools in Bali, Indonesia: The Transformative Impact of Textiles and Temples
Kirk Johnson (University of Guam, Guam), Josealyn Eria (Bali Field School, Indonesia), Alison Hadley (University of Guam, Guam), Mehraban Farahmand (Central Queensland University, Australia), and Ni Made Desa Perwani (Threads of Life Foundation, Indonesia)
Copyright: © 2019
|Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7438-5.ch008
Abstract
Over the past 15 years, through the platform of a senior-level undergraduate course at the University of Guam, a team of professors, researchers, and development practitioners have been striving to refine a pedagogic approach that draws on the value of an embedded international field school to Bali, Indonesia. These efforts are designed to help students understand and appreciate the foundational concepts of community development, while also fostering a learning environment and an experiential program that empowers participants to actively engage in social discourses that contribute in positive and transformative ways to their communities. Employing a curriculum that focuses on both classroom work and international field school experience, students and professors as well as many other participants in the field explore such concepts and practices that are proving to be essential to a sound understanding of community development in the modern age.