Abstract
In this paper, we share insights from a research project that investigated the effects of a service learning experience in a graduate adult education seminar with an explicitly critical pedagogical focus and activist placements. We analyze a subset of the findings related to the lack of “choice” through a critique of CSL as a market commodity and argue that disrupting the hegemony of choice had implications for reconstructing student identities.
Keywords
educational choice, service learning, activism, adult education, higher education
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Recommended Citation
Chovanec, D. M.,
Kajner, T.,
Mian, A.,
&
Unverwood, M.
(2011).
Disrupting the Hegemony of Choice: Community Service Learning in Activist Placements.
Adult Education Research Conference.
https://newprairiepress.org/aerc/2011/papers/18
Disrupting the Hegemony of Choice: Community Service Learning in Activist Placements
In this paper, we share insights from a research project that investigated the effects of a service learning experience in a graduate adult education seminar with an explicitly critical pedagogical focus and activist placements. We analyze a subset of the findings related to the lack of “choice” through a critique of CSL as a market commodity and argue that disrupting the hegemony of choice had implications for reconstructing student identities.
