COURSE NUMBER: | PHES 330 | |||||||||||||||
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COURSE TITLE: | Quest Mexico | |||||||||||||||
NAME OF INSTRUCTOR: | Jonathan Nicolai-deKoning | |||||||||||||||
CREDIT WEIGHT AND WEEKLY TIME DISTRIBUTION: | credits 3(4 days pre-field lectures/seminars; 3 weeks on field; 3 days post-field seminar) | |||||||||||||||
COURSE DESCRIPTION: | The Quest Mexico program takes place over 10 days in
Mexico and covers a wide range of topics including peace and justice
activism, globalization, Liberation theology, Mexican history,
indigenous spirituality, immigration and refugee issues and community
development strategies. Relying heavily on the pedagogy of Paulo
Friere, the program places a premium on student discovery through
lectures, readings, film, interviews, community visits, personal
encounters with refugees, migrant workers, justice activists, community
development practitioners as well as group learning activities, with
additional time set aside for group discussion, debriefing, and
reflection. Same as SSCI 330. Prerequisites: 3 credits of ENVS 200, GEOG 210, 310 or 321, SSCI 210, ECON2xx, POLI2xx, SOCI2xx, or PSYC2xx |
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COURSE OBJECTIVES: | Upon completion of this course you should
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COURSE OUTLINE: | The Quest Mexico program takes place over 10 days and
covers a wide range of topics including Liberation theology, peace and
justice activism, globalization, Mexican history, indigenous
spirituality, immigration and refugee issues and community development
strategies. Relying heavily in the pedagogy of Paulo Freire,
Quest Mexico places a premium on student discovery, as explained in
this program description: “Quest Mexico believes that true education liberates students from the oppression of existing authorities. For us, the art of teaching is not the transfer of ideas from teacher to student, but the creation of moments in which students make their own discoveries. We assist this discovery by arranging encounters, presenting our students with people, situations, and stories which challenge previously held assumptions about work, about poverty, about consumption, about faith, about joy. Through these encounters participants become authors of their own lives, critically examining their previously held assumptions and rewriting their futures with a new commitment to just living.” (taken from Quest website) Program delivery includes lectures, readings, film, interviews, community visits, personal encounters with refugees, migrant workers, justice activists, community development practitioners as well as group learning activities. Additional time is set aside for group discussion, debriefing and reflection. |
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