In our last Foundations of Service-Learning post, we prepared your community partner relationship. After laying the foundation, how can your community partner join in the education that comes from service? At nearly 30 agencies, Advocates for Community Engagement (ACEs) support service-learning by serving as liaisons among local Bloomington agencies, IU faculty, and IU student service-learning… Read more »
In our last Foundations of Service-Learning post, we identified types of service that would be a good fit for your course. Here, we ask, “What comes next after selecting your community partner?” While each partnership is different, some key considerations and tasks apply to all. Understand the type of agency you are working with: a… Read more »
As mentioned in the first post of our Service-Learning Foundations series, giving equal space to the service and learning components of your course will result in the greatest impacts on students and community partners. So, how do you identify a service opportunity that reinforces service learning outcomes and civic development? Use the following questions to… Read more »
Service-learning (SL) now has over 50 years of literature and critical evaluation. While much has changed, SL remains largely driven by John Dewey’s vision for institutions of higher education. The goal of SL is participation in democracy–in the development of educated citizens active in public life. In bringing service into conversation with course content, students… Read more »
Service-learning (SL), like other curricular community-engaged practices, has strong support at IU Bloomington. If you’ve ever wanted to incorporate community service or already use it, this post describes the campus context and support. The IU Bloomington General Education requirements recognize different types of Enriching Educational Experiences in the Shared Goals. These experiences include service-learning, community… Read more »
Over the next few months, the CITL’s Service-Learning Program will be sharing a series of posts on the Foundations of Service-Learning. For more posts, click here. Service-learning (SL) begins with John Dewey’s understanding of higher education: Universities are tasked with helping students become active, knowledgeable citizens. SL enables students to discuss issues in their community… Read more »