Social Involvement: Deconstructing practices relating to the formation of students who work with autistic children in a university service-learning course

• Published in: Educational philosophy and theory Vol. 46; no. 12; pp. 1366 - 1380
• Main Authors: Chueh, Ho-chia, Chen, Ya-Tung
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 15.10.2014; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Autism; Children; civic engagement; College Students; Course Descriptions; Criticism; Documentation; Education; Evaluation; Experiential Learning; Foreign Countries; Foucault; Informal Education; Knowledge; Learning; Learning Processes; Medical Research; Philosophy; Power Structure; Role; Service Learning; service-learning course; students who work with autism; Study and teaching; subjectivity; Taiwan; Teaching methods; Therapy; Universities; Taiwan

Participation in service-learning courses has always been considered a part of the informal education in tertiary education worldwide. Originating from the assumption that service-learning courses increase students' civic engagement and bridge the gap between knowledge and practice, service-lea...