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College of Arts and Sciences Community Engagement: Focus on Service Learning

College of Arts and Sciences Community Engagement: Focus on Service Learning. Janna Jones , Assistant Professor of Communication & USF Service Learning Faculty Fellow Robin Jones , Coordinator, CAS Community Initiative Sandra Schneider , Associate Dean,

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College of Arts and Sciences Community Engagement: Focus on Service Learning

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  1. College of Arts and Sciences Community Engagement: Focus on Service Learning Janna Jones, Assistant Professor of Communication & USF Service Learning Faculty Fellow Robin Jones, Coordinator, CAS Community Initiative Sandra Schneider, Associate Dean, Center for Research and Scholarship

  2. Arts & Sciences Social Sciences Natural Sciences Humanities Professional Programs

  3. CAS Community Engagement • Social Sciences: Criminal justice training, archaeological trips, GIS, health, urban • Natural Sciences: Summer math camp, Coalition, REUs, corporations, arsenic/lead • Humanities: Humanities Institute, Great books, historical/religious trips abroad • Professional Programs: journalists, kinship care, community development, hearing

  4. Why Does Community Engagement Matter? • Community is a fundamental constituency • University is essential to the community • Social network provides the context for knowledge generation and application • Communities need knowledge/expertise • Learning is real when it happens for-real

  5. Educational Goal Gaining knowledge/ understanding of the world preparing for a career preparing for citizenship Experiential Process field work/applied research/internship practicum/internship service-learning Experiential Learning

  6. Components of Service Learning • Project addresses a social, community, or public issue • Planned in collaboration with a community partner • Tied to a course: • project is well integrated into the syllabus • student reflection is required • systematic analysis/evaluation is emphasized

  7. Benefits • Engaged Learning and Teaching • Enthusiasm of Students, Faculty, and Community • Collaborative Partnerships • Community Awareness and Immersion • University Students/Faculty become trusted, necessary community resources

  8. Requirements for Success • Issues for Faculty and Support Team • Communication and Training • Development of Community Partnerships • Methods to Overcome Logistical Problems • Sustained Network of Community Relationships

  9. Enhancement Strategies • Faculty Workshops • Faculty Fellow • Mini-Grants • Coffees for faculty and community partners • Website address: www.cas.usf.edu/servicelearning/index.html

  10. Looking Toward the Future • Service Learning infrastructure at USF: Mechanisms to reach the community • Symbolic and material support for Service Learning/Community Engagement • Translation of knowledge to application • Staff assistance

  11. Community: Thinking Bigger • Broader perspective on university-community interactions and relationships • Appreciation for the role of the university in knowledge generation and application • Focus on the benefit of our unique metropolitan surroundings and our research strengths

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