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Quay, editors  \nplace, self, community  \nCity as Text™ in the Twenty-First Century  \nplace, self, community  \nCity as Text™ in the Twenty-First Century  \nEdited by Bernice Braid and Sara E. Quay  \nSeries Editor | Jeffrey A. Portnoy Perimeter College, Georgia State University National Collegiate Honors Council  \nMonograph Series  \nCopyright © 2021 by National Collegiate Honors Council.  \nManufactured in the United States  \nNational Collegiate Honors Council  \nKnoll Suite 250  \nUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln  \n440 N 17th Street  \nLincoln, NE 68588  \n[www.nchchonors.org](www.nchchonors.org)  \nProduction Editors | Cliff Jefferson and Mitch Pruitt Wake Up Graphics LLC  \nCover and Text Design | 47 Journals LLC  \nCover Image | Marcus Loke ([Unsplash.com](Unsplash.com))  \nInternational Standard Book Number 978-1-945001-13-0  \ntable of contents  \nAcknowledgments ............................................vii  \nIntroduction  \nPlace, Self, Community:  \nCity as Text™ in the Twenty-First Century........................... ix  \nBernice Braid  \nPART 1: Theory and Practice of City as Text™  \nBrain Activity and Experiential Learning............................3  \nPaul Witkovsky  \nLost in Learning:  \nMapping the Position of Teacher in the Classroom and Beyond .........21  \nSusan M. Cannata, Jesse Peters, Alix Dowling Fink, Edward L. Kinman, JoEllen Pederson, Phillip L. Poplin, and Jessi B. Znosko  \nLearning from the Land:  \nCreating Authentic Experience-Based Learning that Fosters Sustained Civic Engagement............................. 47  \nTed Martinez and Kevin Gustafson  \nIntegrating Dynamic Systems Theory and City as Text ™ Framework:  \nIn-Depth Reflections on ‘Lens’ ....................................59  \nRon Weerheijm and Patricia Vuijk, with a contibution from Bernice Braid  \nPART 2:  \nSelf-in-Context through Integrative Learning  \nReflections on the 1978 United Nations Semester....................91  \nDawn Schock  \nTable of Contents  \nEngaging with the World:  \nIntegrating Reflections and Agency............................... 101  \nWill Daniel  \nThe Merits of Applied Learning.................................. 109  \nMichael Rossi  \nCommittee as Text............................................. 117  \nMimi Killinger  \nPART 3:  \nDesigning City as Text™ Integrative Learning Experiences  \nConnecting to Place:  \nA City as Text ™ Assignment Sequence ............................ 123  \nSara E. Quay  \nReading the Local in the New Now:  \nMapping Hidden Opportunities for Civic Engagement in the First Virtual City as Text ™ Faculty Institute ....................... 145  \nSeason Ellison, Leslie Heaphy, Amaris Ketcham, Toni Lefton,  \nAndrew Martino, and Sara E. Quay  \nDoubling Back on the City as Text ™ Walkabout ................... 167  \nGabrielle Watling  \nTransforming Community-Based Learning  \nthrough City as Text ™ ........................................ 173  \nJean-Paul Benowitz  \nConclusion  \nActs of Interpretation:  \nPedagogies of Inquiry..........................................185  \nBernice Braid  \nAbout the Authors ........................................... 200  \nAbout the NCHC Monograph Series............................205  \nacknowledgments  \nThe editors would like to recognize the many people who make City as Text ™ possible: the hundreds of CAT participants from the 1970s through the present who continue to inspire this work; the dedicated and creative members of the Place as Text Committee of the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) who make CAT possible; and the NCHC Publications Board, especially Jeffrey Portnoy and Ada Long, for seeing this monograph through to publication and ensuring its excellence. Above all, to the hundreds of students who have, over the decades since NCHC Honors Semesters started, contributed to our deep learning about how all of us see and make sense of what we see as we explore the world. Thank you!  \nBernice","cbCaicYkowHHHL3v","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicYkowHHHL3v","pdf",2126164,230,"English","# Acknowledgments\n# Introduction\n## Place, Self, Community: City as Text™ in the Twenty-First Century\n# Part 1: Theory and Practice of City as Text™\n## Brain Activity and Experiential Learning\n## Lost in Learning: Mapping the Position of Teacher in the Classroom and Beyond\n## Learning from the Land: Creating Authentic Experience-Based Learning that Fosters Sustained Civic Engagement\n## Integrating Dynamic Systems Theory and City as Text™ Framework: In-Depth Reflections on ‘Lens’\n# Part 2: Self-in-Context through Integrative Learning\n## Reflections on the 1978 United Nations Semester\n## Engaging with the World: Integrating Reflections and Agency\n## The Merits of Applied Learning\n## Committee as Text\n# Part 3: Designing City as Text™ Integrative Learning Experiences\n## Connecting to Place: A City as Text™ Assignment Sequence\n## Reading the Local in the New Now: Mapping Hidden Opportunities for Civic Engagement in the First Virtual City as Text™ Faculty Institute\n## Doubling Back on the City as Text™ Walkabout\n## Transforming Community-Based Learning through City as Text™","[{\"question\":\"What does City as Text™ emphasize about learning in different environments?\",\"answer\":\"It emphasizes that explored places organize into interconnected areas, events, and interactions that become meaningful through guided inquiry, whether in urban or rural settings. 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