Title
Thinking and Action: Preparing Students to Engage Complexity within Themselves and in the World
Document Type
Article
Source
The Journal of College and Character
ISSN
1940-1639
Volume
9
Issue
2
Publication Date
11-2007
Department
Service-Learning
Abstract
This essay explores the dynamic tension between the human need to cultivate an autonomous identity and the desire to be part of a larger reality, suggesting that authentic morality emerges from a person’s struggle with the ever-shifting overlap between these two drives. Creating an intersection between thinking and action, service-learning pedagogy draws us into a creative confrontation with these drives, preparing students to engage complexity within themselves and in the world.
Rights
Copyright © 2007 Julia van der Ryn