Becoming Community-Engaged Educators

Graham V. Crookes, PhD, Educational Psychology, from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, is Professor, Department of Second Language Studies at the university. He has published in major applied linguistics journals and engaged in language teaching and language teacher education around the world for 30 years. His major current academic interest is critical language pedagogy.  George M Jacobs, PhD, Educational Psychology, from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, has over 250 peer-reviewed publications. He is or has been on the board of both professional organizations and charities. He helped found the TESOLers for Social Responsibility interest group in International TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). He works with a wide variety of teachers, and he continues to teach English, including via distance learning methods. Currently, he has begun teaching seniors topics like 'Reading Aloud to Children with Dialogue', 'Helping Children Create Their Own Books with Dialogue', and 'Memoir Writing'.

1 Introduction.- 2 Refugees.- 3 LGBTQ?.- 4 Poverty.- 5 Non-human animals.- 6 Religious harmony.- 7 Climate Change.- 8 The Economics of Education.- 9 Conclusion.