Experiential Civic Education

<p><i>Experiential Civic Education: Encouraging Student Engagement Using the Field Immersion Framework</i> articulates a practical flexible teaching-and-learning pedagogy that engages students and instructors in opportunities to successfully explore complex civic issues in the classroom. This volume marries place-based experiential learning with civic engagement to promote important transformative learning outcomes.</p><p>The Field Immersion Framework (FIF) pedagogy prepares students and faculty with the tools to navigate participatory democracy in local state national and global communities. The FIF uses four stages – Foregrounding Immersion Reflection and Civic Agency – to position learners as explorers and researchers in communities grappling with important societal issues. In this volume Foregrounding chapters prime the reader with the theoretical support to explore the content; Immersion chapters situate the reader in case studies of FIF courses; Reflection chapters showcase the voices of students faculty members student affairs professionals and others who have participated in these courses; and finally Civic Agency chapters explore the implications of the FIF.</p><p>This book will be important reading for those developing courses relating to civic engagement social justice education and community-based teaching and learning. It also supports educators in exploring place-based civic issues with their students working to encourage understanding of diverse voices and perspectives and supporting students’ lifelong navigation of our complex world.</p>