Service-Learning and Civic Engagement: Environmental Awareness in Hawai'i

Autor/in	Mironesco, Monique
Titel	Service-Learning and Civic Engagement: Environmental Awareness in Hawai'i
Quelle	In: Journal of Political Science Education, 17 (2021), S.583-598 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1551-2169
DOI	10.1080/15512169.2020.1777146
Schlagwörter	Service Learning; Citizen Participation; Consciousness Raising; Political Issues; Activism; Conservation (Environment); Behavior Change; Problem Solving; Student Attitudes; Citizenship Responsibility; College Students; Political Science; Hawaii + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Service-Learning; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Bewusstseinsbildung; Politischer Faktor; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Problemlösen; Schülerverhalten; Collegestudent; Staatslehre; Politikwissenschaft; Politische Wissenschaft
Abstract	While voter turnout is often seen as one definitive aspect of civic engagement, this paper argues that there are more nuanced ways to reflect on the impact of service-learning experiences on students' environmental awareness and environmentally responsible behavior changes. Using course evaluation qualitative comments in environmental politics-themed courses that have used service-learning as a pedagogical tool for the past 8 years, this paper argues that environmental awareness and its subsequent application in activism reflect civic engagement through changes in environmental behavior. Service-learning enables students to make connections between the course material and real-world environmental issues, showing them how various communities are attempting to solve certain environmental problems. The focus on problem-solving skills in this particular domain enables students to see themselves as agents of change, though the long-term effects of these changes are difficult to ascertain. The Hawai?i context is particularly important due to the plethora of environmental problems we face, and the additional fact that we live both in somewhat of a closed and geographically isolated system as well as being susceptible to a variety of outside systemic influences and forces. If we are not enabling the next generation of environmental problem solvers through higher education, our "sea of islands" as aptly termed by scholar Epeli Hau'ofa, has a lot to lose. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01