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Exploring The Boundaries: Attitudinal Autonomy In Healthcare Interpreting, Maria A. Aguilar-Solano
Exploring The Boundaries: Attitudinal Autonomy In Healthcare Interpreting, Maria A. Aguilar-Solano
Maria Aguilar-Solano
Patients who visit hospitals on the southern coast of Spain range from social immigrants such as tourists and EU expatriate residents to economic immigrants from less developed countries. Both groups have in common their lack of ability to communicate in Spanish. However, while for the first group qualified interpreters are easily accessed, for the second there is a lack of them. As a result, healthcare interpreters must deal with many different agents and an ever-changing social context as regards the power relations that are constantly emerging between doctors and patients. This divergence affects the way interpreters are perceived by healthcare …
Exploring Civic Engagement In Higher Education: An International Context, Glenn A. Bowen Phd
Exploring Civic Engagement In Higher Education: An International Context, Glenn A. Bowen Phd
Glenn A Bowen PhD
Civic engagement has become an institutional priority in higher education internationally. Many institutions of higher education have created partnerships with local and regional communities to advance their engagement agendas. This article explores the international landscape of civic engagement in higher education and identifies its various manifestations. The article also describes approaches to engagement, including experiential education, and highlights the pedagogy of service learning. Further, the article delineates 13 indicators of engagement, encompassing roles for the institution’s administrators, faculty, and students as well as community members. A research agenda aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of engagement efforts in the academy is …