LEARNING TO GIVE BY GIVING LEARNING IZABELA DANKIĆ PH.D. FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY UNIVERSITY OF MOSTAR

LEARNING TO GIVE BY GIVING LEARNING THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO PROPOSE THAT SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT SHOULD BE MADE AN INTEGRAL PART OF FORMAL TEACHERS' EDUCATION BOTH IN EU AND BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO PROPOSE THAT SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT SHOULD BE MADE AN INTEGRAL PART OF FORMAL TEACHERS' EDUCATION BOTH IN EU AND BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA.

BACKGROUND SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION) – DEFINED AS ACADEMICS (STUDENTS, TEACHERS, RESEARCHERS) WORKING AS ACADEMICS WITH NON- ACADEMICS (COMMUNITY MEMEBERS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS) TO ANALYZE AND SOLVE SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN A SPIRIT OF CONTINUOUS MUTUAL LEARNING, I.E. ENGAGING IN COLLABORATIVE ACTION- RESEARCH ORIENTED TO SOCIAL LEARNING. SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION) – DEFINED AS ACADEMICS (STUDENTS, TEACHERS, RESEARCHERS) WORKING AS ACADEMICS WITH NON- ACADEMICS (COMMUNITY MEMEBERS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS) TO ANALYZE AND SOLVE SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN A SPIRIT OF CONTINUOUS MUTUAL LEARNING, I.E. ENGAGING IN COLLABORATIVE ACTION- RESEARCH ORIENTED TO SOCIAL LEARNING.

THE SOCIAL FUNCTION OF THE UNIVERSITIES IN THE INDUSTRIALIZED SOCIETIES PREPARING A PRODUCTIVE WORKFORCE AND KNOWLEDGEABLE CITIZENS (MASS GOVERNMENT FUNDED EDUCATION) PREPARING A PRODUCTIVE WORKFORCE AND KNOWLEDGEABLE CITIZENS (MASS GOVERNMENT FUNDED EDUCATION) ACADEMICS INVOLVED WITH CIVIL RIGHTS, NUCLEAR DISARMAMMENT, THE WARS, POVERTY DEMOCRACY ACADEMICS INVOLVED WITH CIVIL RIGHTS, NUCLEAR DISARMAMMENT, THE WARS, POVERTY DEMOCRACY BY THE 1980S, FEMINISM, ENVIRONMENTALISM, … BY THE 1980S, FEMINISM, ENVIRONMENTALISM, …

BACKGROUND WE BELIEVE THAT SOCIAL ENGAGEMNT IS REQUIRED AND ACADEMIC SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT PROVIDES RICH OPPURTUNITIES FOR MULTI-LAYERED LEARNING WE BELIEVE THAT SOCIAL ENGAGEMNT IS REQUIRED AND ACADEMIC SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT PROVIDES RICH OPPURTUNITIES FOR MULTI-LAYERED LEARNING UNIVERSITIES MUST BE MORE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE LOCAL AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO HELP MEET URGENT SOCIAL NEEDS AND ENRICH BOTH THEIR OWN LEARNING AND PEOPLE THEY WORK WITH UNIVERSITIES MUST BE MORE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE LOCAL AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO HELP MEET URGENT SOCIAL NEEDS AND ENRICH BOTH THEIR OWN LEARNING AND PEOPLE THEY WORK WITH

SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT AND HIGHER EDUCATION – EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE The social elements of higher education often overlooked and not integrated with formal teaching and research The social elements of higher education often overlooked and not integrated with formal teaching and research The society of knowledge, promotion of individual growth and learning The society of knowledge, promotion of individual growth and learning Youth in action – EU program which is to use 885 million Euros by 2013 for inspiring a sense of active citizenship, solidarity and tolerance among young Europeans by building social cohesion Youth in action – EU program which is to use 885 million Euros by 2013 for inspiring a sense of active citizenship, solidarity and tolerance among young Europeans by building social cohesion

EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE LIMITED AND INSUFFICIENT INTELLECTUAL RESPONSE TO PRESSING SOCIAL NEEDS BOTH IN EUROPE AND BH LIMITED AND INSUFFICIENT INTELLECTUAL RESPONSE TO PRESSING SOCIAL NEEDS BOTH IN EUROPE AND BH UNESCO COLLOQUIUM ON MAINSTREAMING SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION:BENEFITS, CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES (2004) UNESCO COLLOQUIUM ON MAINSTREAMING SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION:BENEFITS, CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES (2004)

AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE A LONGER TRADITION OF COMMUNITY SERVICE IN THE US AND CANADA A LONGER TRADITION OF COMMUNITY SERVICE IN THE US AND CANADA PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN PERSONAL CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT AND ACADEMIC ADVANCEMENT (BEAUTY CONTESTS, ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS) FROM AN EARLY AGE PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN PERSONAL CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT AND ACADEMIC ADVANCEMENT (BEAUTY CONTESTS, ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS) FROM AN EARLY AGE ENGAGED SCHOLARSHIP BUSINESS SCHOOLS ENGAGED SCHOLARSHIP BUSINESS SCHOOLS CAMPUS COMPACT –STRENGHTEN INNER CITY NEIGHBORHOODS CAMPUS COMPACT –STRENGHTEN INNER CITY NEIGHBORHOODS COMMUNITY SERVICE LEARNING – UBC (VANCOUVER) ESL PROGRAM –ACADEMICS NAD CONVERSATION GROUPS (VIETNAM AND THAILAND) COMMUNITY SERVICE LEARNING – UBC (VANCOUVER) ESL PROGRAM –ACADEMICS NAD CONVERSATION GROUPS (VIETNAM AND THAILAND)

BOSNIAN AND HERZEGOVINIAN PERSPECTIVE –ENGLISH TEACHER EDUCATION VERY EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE – NO FORMAL COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT VERY EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE – NO FORMAL COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT GRADES VS. KNOWLEDGE AT ALL LEVELS OF EDUCATION GRADES VS. KNOWLEDGE AT ALL LEVELS OF EDUCATION OVERPRODUCTION OF ENGLISH TEACHERS WITH BASIC THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE OVERPRODUCTION OF ENGLISH TEACHERS WITH BASIC THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE NOT PREPARED TO FACE THE CHALLENGES RELATED TO WORKING WITH CHILDREN NOT PREPARED TO FACE THE CHALLENGES RELATED TO WORKING WITH CHILDREN GREAT SOCIAL NEED FOR PEOPLE WHO SPEAK ENGLISH GREAT SOCIAL NEED FOR PEOPLE WHO SPEAK ENGLISH

THE ENGLISH WORKSHOP BENEFITS: HELP STUDENTS INDEPENDENTLY RESPOND TO CHALLENGES OF THEIR WORK WITH STUDENTS HELP STUDENTS INDEPENDENTLY RESPOND TO CHALLENGES OF THEIR WORK WITH STUDENTS HELP THEM GET FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH CHILDREN HELP THEM GET FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH CHILDREN ACQUIRE RESPECT FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR STUDENTS AND THEIR CHOICE OF PROFESSION – CHARACTER AND MORAL GROWTH ACQUIRE RESPECT FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR STUDENTS AND THEIR CHOICE OF PROFESSION – CHARACTER AND MORAL GROWTH DEVELOP A POSITIVE SELF-IMAGE BY GIVING LEARNING TO THE NEEDY MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITY DEVELOP A POSITIVE SELF-IMAGE BY GIVING LEARNING TO THE NEEDY MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITY PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE

ENGLISH WORKSHOP CHALLENGES: COMMUNITY SERVICE FAIRLY NEW AND DIFFICULT TO ADOPT BECAUSE OF THE SOCIALIST MENTALITY – GOVERNMENT SHOULD TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING COMMUNITY SERVICE FAIRLY NEW AND DIFFICULT TO ADOPT BECAUSE OF THE SOCIALIST MENTALITY – GOVERNMENT SHOULD TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING EVERYTHING THAT IS FREE IS OF LESSER VALUE THAN SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO PAY EVERYTHING THAT IS FREE IS OF LESSER VALUE THAN SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO PAY I AM NOT THAT POOR I AM NOT THAT POOR STUDENTS CAN PRIVATELY MENTOR AND GET PAID FOR THAT STUDENTS CAN PRIVATELY MENTOR AND GET PAID FOR THAT NO GRADES FOR VOLUNTEER WORK NO GRADES FOR VOLUNTEER WORK COLLABORATIVE ACTION-RESEARCH DOES NOT HAVE SCHOLARLY RESPECT AS THE PURE RESEARCH NEITHER ACADEMIC RESEARCH NOR TEACHING COLLABORATIVE ACTION-RESEARCH DOES NOT HAVE SCHOLARLY RESPECT AS THE PURE RESEARCH NEITHER ACADEMIC RESEARCH NOR TEACHING

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