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Reflections On Thirteen Years Directing Community-Based Learning Projects, Joao Alberto Arantes Do Amaral
Reflections On Thirteen Years Directing Community-Based Learning Projects, Joao Alberto Arantes Do Amaral
Collaborations: A Journal of Community-Based Research and Practice
In this article I present my reflections on thirteen years directing community-based learning projects. From 2002 to 2014, I taught 47 community-based courses to MBA students at the University of Sao Paulo, involving a network of 40 organizations that help people in need. I discuss the concept of community based learning, the context of the course, the process of creation of the community partners network, the project achievements and the media coverage. I discuss the benefits the projects brought to the students, to the community partners, to the University of Sao Paulo, to the scholars and to the people served …