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Why Service Learning?Connecting Your Curriculum to
Real World Experiences
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Why Service-Learning Multiple-Level Engagement
Advocacy Students present findings to School Board
Forum Organize public forum on school lunch
Issue Brief School lunch programs, farm-to-school, obesity
Research Evaluate student attitudes toward nutrition
Training Workshops for new Board & Staff
Summer Manage summer program & plan for Fall
Team Help expand to other Schools in District
Regular Coach students in School Garden Club
1x Plant School Garden for Orientation Service
Community-Based Research
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Community-Based Research: What is it?
A collaborative, participatory research process that embraces:
• Research- Community agencies have information needs- Campus partners have research tools and resources
• Education- Community members have valuable local knowledge & experience- Campus partners have theoretical and technical knowledge
• Action- Build organizational and community capacity- Effect policy change
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Community-Based Research:Source of Questions
Plan• Needs & Asset
Assessment• Issue Analysis
Decide• Model Programs• Policy Options
• Resources
Implementdirect serviceor advocacy
Evaluate• Program Evaluation
• On-Going Data Collection
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Community-Based Research: Principles of Practice
• Research need(s) defined by community
• Research is action-oriented
• All stages of process involve all partners equitably (faculty, students, and community)
• Strengths and knowledge of all partners appreciated and utilized
• Findings disseminated in accessible way
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Community-Based Research: Why do it?
• Complex social problems ill-suited to “outside expert” research alone
• Impact community capacity
• Build long-term relationship with community partners
• Effective method of teaching and learning for all participants
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Community-Based Research:Example — Elijiah’s Promise
• Beginning: traditional soup kitchen placement• Later:
- survey of client identified need for bag lunches- community asset mapping project to identify local food distributors- researched model programs- implemented new bag lunch program
• Current: - examine nutritional value of menu- overhauled menu to include more fresh fruits & vegetables
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Community-Based Research: What does it take?
• Time
• Long-term vision
• Communication
• Flexibility
• Willingness to develop research process with community input
Civic Engagement Certificate
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Civic Engagement Certificate Knowledge
•Public Policy
•Poverty
•International perspective and issues
•Issue-based knowledge
•Place-based knowledge
•Diversity
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Civic Engagement CertificateKnowledge — Academic Connections
•Intensive
•Multi-Year
•Developmental
•Course Connections
•Minor, Certificate, Concentration
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Civic Engagement CertificateKnowledge — Academic Connections