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May 13, 2024
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EDU 391W - Academic Service-LearningCredits: 1 Instructional Contact Hours: 1
Introduces academic service-learning pedagogy across the disciplines. Develops a service-learning community-based project focusing on course outcomes and/or general education components. Incorporates the essential elements of enhanced academic learning meaningful to the community, and heightened civic engagement; and develops a plan to access all three elements. Credit may be earned in ED 391W or EDU 391W but not both.
Prerequisite(s): Open to all full and part-time faculty, community service partners, and by permission of instructor Corequisite(s): None Lecture Hours: 15 Lab Hours: 0 Meets MTA Requirement: None Pass/NoCredit: Yes
Outcomes and Objectives
- Demonstrate knowledge of the pedagogy of academic service-learning or civic engagement.
- Define academic service-learning and civic engagement.
- Explain the difference between volunteerism, service-learning and civic engagement.
- Develop an understanding of experiential learning in the context of community service conducted for academic service-learning and civic engagement.
- Develop an awareness of the current literature demonstrating the benefits of academic service-learning and civic engagement.
- Develop an awareness of the best practices and exemplary programs for academic service-learning and civic engagement.
- Apply academic service-learning or civic engagement to a current course, program or activity.
- Develop a comprehensive plan for the infusion of academic service-learning or civic engagement into an existing course, including the essential elements of:
- Meaningful community service
- Critical, reflective thinking
- Application of course content
- Enhanced civic responsibility
- Confirm a partnership with a community agency.
- Develop reflection strategies for the academic service-learning or civic engagement activity.
- Draft an assessment plan for the academic service-learning or civic engagement component, including:
- Concept(s) being assessed
- Indicators to be measured
- Methods to measure the degree to which indicators demonstrate the desired concept(s)
- Source for the data (students, faculty, community partner, etc.)
- Develop a comprehensive plan for the infusion of academic service-learning or civic engagement into an existing course.
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