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Collaborative By Design: An Integrated Service Learning and Action Research Model

Collaborative By Design: An Integrated Service Learning and Action Research Model. Margaret Stout Assistant Professor Division of Public Administration West Virginia University. A Collaborative Model. Hands-on learning of core skills Institutional outreach missions

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Collaborative By Design: An Integrated Service Learning and Action Research Model

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  1. Collaborative By Design: An Integrated Service Learning and Action Research Model Margaret Stout Assistant Professor Division of Public Administration West Virginia University

  2. A Collaborative Model • Hands-on learning of core skills • Institutional outreach missions • Substantive service in community development • Domestic and international collaboration • Division of Public Administration, West Virginia University, United States • WVU • Center for Administrative Science, Santa Catarina State University, Brazil • UDESC

  3. A Shared Purpose • Philosophical alignment • New Public Service • (Denhardt & Denhardt, 2007) • Citizen engagement in self-governance • Social and economic justice • Environmental sustainability • All sectors must co-produce the public good • Governments • Citizens • Nonprofits • Businesses • Community and economic development outreach • Service learning • Action research

  4. 21st Century Extension • Both universities have Extension Services • Historically US Land Grant • Traditional outreach through training and technical assistance programs • Expert-driven • Original focus on agriculture and home economics • Contemporary focus on community & economic development • Increasing use of multi-sector collaboration • Community-driven • Emerging presence of international programs

  5. Service Learning • “Old School” • Stand-alone events, programs • Partnerships with outreach and technical assistance programs • Emerging practices • Curricular-driven activities • Move the classroom into the community! • Excellent for practice fields • Core competency development • Hands-on practice • Professional context • Win-win for students and community • Builds an ethic of service and citizenship

  6. Action Research • Applied research with a twist • Social change orientation • Builds on service learning as inquiry • Inductive, experiential, reflective approach • Often employs interdisciplinary collaboration • Social change addresses “wicked problems” • Learning Action Networks (VA-Tech) • Often community-driven • Appreciative inquiry • Experts on tap, not on top • Contributes to a “learning society”

  7. Putting it Together • Outreach Programs • Program Evaluation • Service Learning • Program Evaluation • Action Research • Program Evaluation • Needs & Assets Assessment • Impact Assessment

  8. Integrated Service Learning/Action Research Approach Program Evaluation Needs & Assets / Impact Assessment

  9. Project Implementation • WVU pilot 2011-2013 • Local Governance & Community Development (LGCD) • Area of Emphasis (12 credit hours) • Four serial courses designed as building blocks • Collaborating outreach and community-based programs • Wrap-around action research • UDESC follows in 2012-2014

  10. The Community Development Process • A place-based approach through iterative steps • Assess • Mobilize and Organize • Vision • Plan • Implement • Evaluate

  11. LGCD Curriculum and Service Learning Elements • Local Governance • Institutions and process of local governance • Community Profiles (Assess) • Public Engagement & Collaboration • Theory and techniques • Public Involvement Plan (Mobilize and Organize) • Public Planning • Physical and programmatic planning • Logic Models for comprehensive plan (Vision and Plan) • Sustainable Community & Economic Development • Theory and practice • Project management and grant writing (Implement)

  12. Action Research Elements: Measuring Community Capacity • Assess • Community profile of needs and assets • Readiness for development activity • Mobilize and Organize • Social capital mapping • Individual leadership and group capacity • Vision and Plan • Community capacity for collaboration, planning • Implement • Organizational capacity to complete/sustain projects • Evaluate • Process evaluation • Outcomes evaluation • Impact assessment (longitudinal)

  13. Anticipated Outcomes • Enhance student learning and professional preparation • Generate substantive community development in communities • Expand knowledge of the measurable value of land grant institutions to local communities • Fulfill increasing demands from community development funders for longitudinal impact assessment • Help faculty and service providers more strategically and effectively target future activities

  14. Thank you!

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