Contribution to Book
Beyond Borders: Employing Empathic Global Citizenship as a Framework for Enhancing Critical Community Engagement
Perspectives on Lifelong Learning and Global Citizenship: Beyond the Classroom
(2022)
Abstract
In this chapter, we employ what we term our “empathic global citizenship” framework as a novel, dual approach to critical community engagement (Costa and Leong 2012; Mitchell 2008) that helps enhance and promote global citizenship values that are transferrable and applicable in multiple contexts. We describe how this approach enriches existing community engagement models for students in a manner that is responsive and accessible to student demographics not equally represented by the mainstream higher education landscape. Therein, we also posit that, whether students conduct engagement activities locally or abroad, they are likely to gain valuable intercultural experiences and interactions that lead to the cultivation of empathy and global awareness.
Keywords
- Empathy,
- Global Citizenship,
- Borders,
- Hispanic-serving institutions,
- Mexico,
- Leadership
Disciplines
Publication Date
Fall 2022
Editor
Whitney Szmodis and Sarah E. Stanlick
Publisher
Springer
Citation Information
“Beyond Borders: Employing Empathic Global Citizenship as a Framework for Enhancing Critical Community Engagement,” with Azuri L. Gonzalez, Guillermina G. Núñez, and Cigdem V. Sirin. In Perspectives on Lifelong Learning and Global Citizenship: Beyond the Classroom (Sustainable Development Goals Series), Whitney Szmodis and Sarah E. Stanlick, eds. Cham, Switzerland: Springer (2022): 35-55.