Professionalization of Service-Learning in Higher Education – An Academic Development Approach

In an attempt to professionalize service-learning in higher education, teachers and their teaching skills are considered a determining factor and require particular attention. To promote the teaching skills necessary for service-learning courses, an academic development approach addressing these sp...

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Main Authors: Julia Mordel, Claudia Burger, Carmen Heckmann, Holger Horz
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Forum Neue Medien in der Lehre Austria 2018-06-01
Series:Zeitschrift für Hochschulentwicklung
Online Access:https://www.zfhe.at/index.php/zfhe/article/view/1143
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Summary:In an attempt to professionalize service-learning in higher education, teachers and their teaching skills are considered a determining factor and require particular attention. To promote the teaching skills necessary for service-learning courses, an academic development approach addressing these specific requirements has been implemented at Goethe University Frankfurt as part of the academic development program for teaching staff. This article presents the particularities of this approach and illustrates one of its central elements, i.e., the concept of a workshop on planning service-learning courses. Both practical and research implications are discussed.
ISSN:2219-6994