TY - JOUR
T1 - Ethnic studies as a site for political education
T2 - Critical service learning and the California domestic worker bill of rights
AU - Mitchell, Tania D.
AU - Coll, Kathleen M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© American Political Science Association 2017.
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - Service learning in political science is driven by a commitment to expanding what is meant by civic education. Following this tradition, this article presents an example of a course informed by critical service learning centered in a grassroots social movement. Partnered with the California Domestic Workers Coalition and the National Domestic Workers Alliance, this course involved students in direct political engagement to explore cultural citizenship, the legislative process, and the possibilities and limitations of grassroots movements for social change. Challenging traditional notions of what counts as service and who counts as an expert, the example of this course speaks to the promise of service learning pedagogy as a strategy to connect students in meaningful ways to critical social issues and as a tool for political education.
AB - Service learning in political science is driven by a commitment to expanding what is meant by civic education. Following this tradition, this article presents an example of a course informed by critical service learning centered in a grassroots social movement. Partnered with the California Domestic Workers Coalition and the National Domestic Workers Alliance, this course involved students in direct political engagement to explore cultural citizenship, the legislative process, and the possibilities and limitations of grassroots movements for social change. Challenging traditional notions of what counts as service and who counts as an expert, the example of this course speaks to the promise of service learning pedagogy as a strategy to connect students in meaningful ways to critical social issues and as a tool for political education.
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U2 - 10.1017/S1049096516002419
DO - 10.1017/S1049096516002419
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85008479765
SN - 1049-0965
VL - 50
SP - 187
EP - 192
JO - PS - Political Science and Politics
JF - PS - Political Science and Politics
IS - 1
ER -