Conflict Zone, Comfort Zone : Ethics, Pedagogy, and Effecting Change in Field-Based Courses

Authors

Agnieszka Paczyńska
Susan F. Hirsch

Files

Series

Studies in Conflict, Justice, and Social Change

Description

By taking students out of their comfort zone, field-based courses—which are increasingly popular in secondary and postsecondary education—have the potential to be deep, transformative learning experiences. But what happens when the field in question is a site of active or recent conflict? In Conflict Zone, Comfort Zone, editors Agnieszka Paczyńska and Susan F. Hirsch highlight new approaches to field-based learning in conflict zones worldwide. As the contributors demonstrate, instructors must leave the comfort zone of traditional pedagogy to meet the challenges of field-based education.

Drawing on case studies in the United States and abroad, the contributors address the ethical considerations of learning in conflict zones, evaluate the effectiveness of various approaches to teaching these courses, and provide guidelines for effecting change. They also explore how the challenges of field-based classes are magnified in conflict and postconflict settings, and outline the dilemmas faced by those seeking to resolve those challenges. Finally, filling a crucial gap in existing literature, the contributors identify best practices that will assist aspiring instructors in developing successful field-based courses in conflict zones.

Contributors: Daniel R. Brunstetter, Alison Castel, Gina M. Cerasani, Alexander Cromwell, Maryam Z. Deloffre, Sandi DiMola, Leslie Dwyer, Eric Hartman, Pushpa Iyer, Allyson M. Lowe, Patricia A. Maulden, rj nickels, Anthony C. Ogden, Jennifer M. Ramos, Lisa E. Shaw, Daniel Wehrenfennig

Copyright Statement

Conflict Zone, Comfort Zone © 2019 by Ohio University Press is licensed under Creative Commons License CC BY-NC-ND. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Language

eng

ISBN

9780821446522

Publication Date

1-7-2019

Publisher

Ohio University Press

City

Athens

Keywords

education, education abroad, conflict zones, field-based education, field-based learning, pedagogy

Disciplines

Education | International and Comparative Education | Other Teacher Education and Professional Development | Peace and Conflict Studies

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Paczyńska, Agnieszka and Hirsch, Susan F., "Conflict Zone, Comfort Zone : Ethics, Pedagogy, and Effecting Change in Field-Based Courses" (2019). Ohio University Press Open Access Books. 72.
https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/oupress/72