Service Learning
Academic
service learning is a teaching strategy that uses community service to
help students gain a deeper understanding of course content. In contrast
to volunteerism or community service by itself, service learning flows
from and into course learning objectives. Service learning is a form of
experiential education deeply rooted in cognitive and developmental psychology,
pragmatic philosophy, and democratic theory. Integrating service
learning into your course will require your students to reflect in a
new way on course objectives and on the nature of learning itself.
It will also broaden their social and political awareness.
Pedagogy
Syllabi
and learning objectives have already been created in many disciplines.
While Service Learning is growing across the country, the majority of
faculty at most universities still have little or no experience with it.
At many universities faculty are not yet aware of the potential of service
learning.
A number
of Kent faculty have led the way with service learning in their classrooms.
Building on their innovation, course offerings are available
to those of you who wish to join them in bringing new learning adventures
to Kent students.
The service-learning
initiative serves the University mission of becoming an institution "engaged"
with the external community through partnerships and of providing the
best education of its students for lifelong learning.
Experimental and Integrative Studies Program at KSU
The Experimental
and Integrative Studies Program permits students to add a service-learning
component to any regular University course. The student must receive
permission
from the instructor under whose direction the work will be done and the instructor's
department will be credited with the FTE.
To incorporate
service learning into a course, the
Service Learning Contract must be
completed. (Adobe
Acrobat Reader required)
Courses that Include Service Learning
EXPR
10295/20295/30295/40295: ST
Service-Learning Contract (1 credit-hour)
The student will devote a minimum of
30 hours to community service work during the course of the semester. The experience
must be integrated into the academic content of the course to which
it is attached. The work
must be reviewed and assessed by the collaborating faculty member for
a letter grade. The student's
service work should help connect the world of academe to the world of
social responsibility beyond the University.
EXPR
30295: ST
Serving to Learn, Learning to Serve (3-credit hours)
This course
combines community service with intensive study of the nature of service
as a civic responsibility and a personal commitment. For additional
information about these courses contact:
Larry
Andrews or Vicki Bocchicchio, Honors College
Service Learning Resources at KSU
There are a variety of books and
information available for loan in the fpdc.
Also, if you
are interested in incorporating a service-learning component into your
classes and would like more information, please contact
Michael
Lillie (Office of Campus Life) at 672-2480. A series of
Service Learning Brown Bag lunch discussions have taken place in the fpdc.
The following are names of faculty who have shared their experiences and
incorporated service into their classrooms:
Maggie Anderson
English - Kent Campus |
Larry
Andrews
Honors College - Kent Campus |
Denny Benson
Sociology - Kent Campus |
Mary Ann Devine
Exercise, Leisure & Sport - Kent Campus |
Bruce Friesen
Sociology - Stark Campus |
Chris Haas
English - Kent Campus |
John Harkness
Anthropology - Stark Campus |
Virginia
Horvath
English - Stark Campus |
Mary Parr
Exercise, Leisure, & Sport
- Kent Campus |
Ron Perkins
University Food Services - Kent Campus |
Carol Sedlak
Nursing - Kent Campus |
Robert Sturr
English - Stark Campus |
Jeff Wattles
Philosophy - Kent Campus |
Linda Williams
Philosophy - Kent Campus |
Kathy Wilson
Economics - Kent Campus |
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