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Summer 2006
This program is now closed.
Program Title: Global Citizenship
Academic Departments: Political Science
Intercultural Location: Puerto Morelos, Mexico
Academic Instructor: Eric Hartman
Service-Learning Facilitator: Kristi Wilson
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Program Description
The course Global Citizenship and International Development captures
two sentiments that relate directly to service-learning in Mexico.
First, the recognition of a common humanity combined with empathy
for others' experiences is foundational to global citizenship
and, framed one way or another, is typically a primary motivator
in students' participation. Second, efforts to translate recognition
and empathy into development for targeted communities and regions
since the Second World War has regularly taken place in the context
of economic development on a Western model, and it is that intellectual
context that often frames Americans' expectations and efforts
when they choose international service work. This course will provide
students with historical background on the notion of global citizenship
and situate international development within it. Key concepts in
each area will be introduced. The historical context will aid students
as they consider objections to the notions of global citizenship
and development from critical theorists often writing from developing
country perspectives.
A primary focus of the course is translating ideal types, such
as global citizenship, into applicable practices. Individually
this will be applied in context of political, economic, and personal
decisions in domestic and global civil society. From a policy perspective
the criticisms reviewed will be considered in light of structural
changes targeted toward creating more sustainable and participatory
models, with particular attention to local efforts in the Puerto
Morelos area. Students will consider the cultural center's
place in the ongoing debates regarding development and community
participation, cultural identity, and sustainability. In addition
to two essay exams and regular written feedback that integrates
course readings with community experiences, students will be required
to prepare a presentation on experiences in Puerto Morelos in the
context of Global Citizenship and International Development that
they will present in their home communities upon return.
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Program Academic Goals
Students who complete readings and participate in this course will
be able to:
- Articulate the theoretical construction and historical
development of global citizenship,
- Articulate the theoretical
development of international development since World War II and
indicate how that development affects efforts today,
- Critically
analyze dominant approaches to global citizenship and international
development, and locate those critiques in the theoretic literature,
- Apply their understanding of international development discourse
to the situation in Puerto Morelos, Mexico, and
- Apply the theoretic
approaches to and critiques of global citizenship and international
development in the context of personal, political, and consumer
choices in global civil society.
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Academic Details
Academic credits are awarded for this course through West Virginia
University. The program will fulfill 6 academic credits in Political
Science:
- Political Science Special Topics: Global Citizenship
- 3
undergraduate credits (POLS 493)
AND
- Political Science Special Topics: Global Service-Learning
- 3
undergraduate credits (POLS 493Z)
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Program Timeline
May 5
Online classroom discussions begin
May 21 - June 14
Intercultural Service-Learning
in Puerto Morelos, Mexico --- Lectures, field visits, documentaries,
discussions, service and reflections
June 14 - 30
Online classroom discussions and
completion of program
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