A faculty learning community’s reflection on implementing servicelearning goals
Implementing service-learning is challenging in light of issues such as changes in student demographics and pressure from existing curricula goals. However, closer community engagement is increasingly important in the long-term goals of our universities. Members of a faculty learning community at an...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Indiana University Office of Scholarly Publishing
2012-02-01
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| Series: | Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning |
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| Online Access: | http://josotl.indiana.edu/article/view/1977 |
| Summary: | Implementing service-learning is challenging in light of issues such as changes in student demographics and pressure from existing curricula goals. However, closer community engagement is increasingly important in the long-term goals of our universities. Members of a faculty learning community at an open-access college reflect on the process of implementing the official university definition of service-learning in their English program. The implications of using servicelearning as a teaching tool are critically discussed. |
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| ISSN: | 1527-9316 |