Mainstreaming disaster-relief service-learning in communication departments: Integrating communication pedagogy, praxis, and engagement

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dc.contributor.authorAgarwal, Vinita
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-04T17:47:33Z
dc.date.available2018-09-04T17:47:33Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractCommunication is the primary mode through which students inculcate critical thinking skills for (re)construction of social reality and engagement with communities in need (Craig, 1989). Thus it is well-suited to disaster-relief service-learning approaches that provide a pathway for democratic engagement with the material consequences of inequality evidenced in disasterstruck communities. Communication administrators can advocate for disaster-relief servicelearning programs by aligning theoretically-informed student input in faculty–administration partnerships to construct transformative learning experiences sustaining trusting relationships. This study is the first to employ the theory of planned behavior (Ajzen, 1986) to identify themes comprising student composite disaster-relief volunteering belief-structure and disaster-relief volunteering intentions elicited by surveys (N=352) and theme analyses of qualitative data. The findings center the role of communication administrators in integrating disaster-relief pedagogies and advocating for institutional initiatives that bridge “thought to action, theory to practice” (Boyer, 1994, p. A48) around the vital social issues evoked by disaster-relief contexts.en_US
dc.format.extent34 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articles preprintsen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/M2XK84T67
dc.identifier.citationAgarwal, V. (2016). Mainstreaming disaster-relief service-learning in communication departments: Integrating pedagogy, praxis, and engagement. Journal of the Association for Communication Administration, 35(1), 25–42.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/11203
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtSalisbury Universityen_US
dc.subjectHigher education institutionsen_US
dc.subjectScholarship of engagementen_US
dc.subjectCivic engagementen_US
dc.subjectService-learningen_US
dc.subjectDisaster-reliefen_US
dc.subjectTheory of planned behavioren_US
dc.subjectTheme analysisen_US
dc.titleMainstreaming disaster-relief service-learning in communication departments: Integrating communication pedagogy, praxis, and engagementen_US
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