Between engagement and critique: development studies in a liberal arts tradition
Handler R.; Edmunds D.; Ng D.; Tewolde S.; Woldu M.
2016
Canadian Journal of Development Studies
3
10.1080/02255189.2016.1117430
This paper describes the development of an undergraduate development studies program at the University of Virginia over the past decade. The author collaborative represents three generations of program participants: the founding director, a senior professor; a professor-of-the-practice, a younger faculty member hired from the development world; and three fourth-year undergraduate students. We focus on the tension the program navigates between engagement and critique: how to prepare students to work in development while cultivating the liberal arts perspective central to the program's pedagogy. © 2016 Canadian Association for the Study of International Development (CASID).
Development studies; liberal arts; pedagogy; professionalisation; skills
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