Benefits of Service Learning
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Discovering new and effective teaching resources and methods.
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Engaging and motivating students.
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Articulating the relationship between academic material and
its applications.
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Acquiring awareness and involvement in the community.
Faculty Resources
Curriculum Development Workshops
Experienced service-learning faculty facilitate curriculum development workshops and provide individual consultation to assist interested faculty in developing new or revising existing courses to integrate service-learning.
Topics include:
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Syllabus revision
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Developing learning objectives for service-learning activities
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Guided critical reflection
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Developing appropriate community partnerships
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Managing risk
Specialized Workshops
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Creating a G.E. Service-Learning Capstone Course
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Engaged Department Workshop
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Civic Engagement and Higher Education
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Community as Co-Educator
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Service-Learning and the RTP Process
Partnership Development
The goal of the CCE is to help faculty establish ongoing relationships with key community partners.
This will enable faculty to:
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have a better understanding of the agency and community
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be confident in the quality of students' service-learning experience
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have community partners who understand course objectives and are able to actively support students' learning while they are in the community (community partners serving as "co-educators"
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