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EDU 391W - Academic Service-Learning

Credits: 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
  1. Demonstrate knowledge of the pedagogy of academic service-learning or civic engagement.
    1. Define academic service-learning and civic engagement.
    2. Explain the difference between volunteerism, service-learning and civic engagement.
    3. Develop an understanding of experiential learning in the context of community service conducted for academic service-learning and civic engagement.
    4. Develop an awareness of the current literature demonstrating the benefits of academic service-learning and civic engagement.
    5. Develop an awareness of the best practices and exemplary programs for academic service-learning and civic engagement.
  2. Apply academic service-learning or civic engagement to a current course, program or activity.
    1. Develop a comprehensive plan for the infusion of academic service-learning or civic engagement into an existing course, including the essential elements of:
      1. Meaningful community service
      2. Critical, reflective thinking
      3. Application of course content
      4. Enhanced civic responsibility
    2. Confirm a partnership with a community agency.
    3. Develop reflection strategies for the academic service-learning or civic engagement activity.
    4. Draft an assessment plan for the academic service-learning or civic engagement component, including:
      1. Concept(s) being assessed
      2. Indicators to be measured
      3. Methods to measure the degree to which indicators demonstrate the desired concept(s)
      4. Source for the data (students, faculty, community partner, etc.)
  3. Develop a comprehensive plan for the infusion of academic service-learning or civic engagement into an existing course.



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