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Bulls, Goats, and Pedagogy: Engaging Students in Overseas Development Aid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 January 2009

William F. S. Miles
William F. S. Miles
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Northeastern University
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Abstract

This article illustrates the profound learning that occurs—for students and instructor alike—when a class on third-world development attempts to undertake foreign aid. With undergraduate, graduate, and departmental money, I purchased bulls and carts for farmers, and goats for widows, in two West African villages. Such experiential learning personalized for students the study of micropolitics under conditions of poverty, the development of organizational structure, and north-south dependency.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 42 , Issue 1 , January 2009 , pp. 181 - 187
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2009

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