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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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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| author | Diana Becket Brenda Refaei Claudia Skutar |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-11bffde0f15b4e6082cf139d5c0917922022-12-22T02:09:24ZengIndiana University Office of Scholarly PublishingJournal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning1527-93162012-02-011217487A faculty learning community’s reflection on implementing servicelearning goalsDiana BecketBrenda RefaeiClaudia SkutarImplementing 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.http://josotl.indiana.edu/article/view/1977service-learningcommunity engagementexperiential educationextra-curricular activitiestransfer of learning |
| spellingShingle | Diana Becket Brenda Refaei Claudia Skutar A faculty learning community’s reflection on implementing servicelearning goals Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning service-learning community engagement experiential education extra-curricular activities transfer of learning |
| title | A faculty learning community’s reflection on implementing servicelearning goals |
| title_full | A faculty learning community’s reflection on implementing servicelearning goals |
| title_fullStr | A faculty learning community’s reflection on implementing servicelearning goals |
| title_full_unstemmed | A faculty learning community’s reflection on implementing servicelearning goals |
| title_short | A faculty learning community’s reflection on implementing servicelearning goals |
| title_sort | faculty learning community s reflection on implementing servicelearning goals |
| topic | service-learning community engagement experiential education extra-curricular activities transfer of learning |
| url | http://josotl.indiana.edu/article/view/1977 |
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