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Teaching 'Real Utopias' through Experiential Learning
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Peterson, Lyndsey, Joseph Witt, and Carolyn Huntington. 2015. “Teaching ’Real Utopias’ through Experiential Learning”. TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, October. Washington DC: American Sociological Association. https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/teaching-real-utopias-through-experiential.

Abstract

In this article, we describe a way to encourage students to envision "real utopias" through the Global Village experience at the Heifer Ranch in Arkansas. The Global Village experience introduces participants to issues associated with global hunger, poverty, environmental sustainability, and resource consumption and provides opportunities to experience...

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Subject Area(s):
Stratification/Mobility
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Medium

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