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Everyone Wins

Welcome to the Service Learning Opportunities in ECOLOGY and EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Everyone Wins. University. Student. Mentor. Community. Guiding Principles for Service Learning. form of experiential education thoughtfully organized service experience

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Everyone Wins

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  1. Welcome to the Service LearningOpportunities inECOLOGY and EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGYUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville

  2. Everyone Wins University Student Mentor Community

  3. Guiding Principles for Service Learning • form of experiential education • thoughtfully organized service experience • community-defined needs • reflection in coordination with curriculum • opportunity to use newly acquired skills • knowledge in real life situations • development of a sense of caring for others • INFORMED CHOICE of a career path

  4. The COLLABORATIVE TEAM Student Community Mentor FacultyMentor

  5. Frontiers of Service Learning • Transforming student learning • Connecting college and community • Education for democracy • Reshaping academe • Interdisciplinary scholarship • Empowering constructive CHANGE

  6. Cognitive, passive Learn, so one can do Relatively homogenous student population Relatively predictable; not reflective of the real world Single manager (single focus) Outcome = Course Grade No connection to community Experiential, active Do, so one can learn Diverse populations encountered at agencies Less predictable; more reflective of world student will work in Multiple managers (multiple goals) Outcome = Ownership of Grade Informed career path decisions Service Ethic & Citizenship Comparison Traditional Course Service Learning Course

  7. B e n e f i t s t o S t u d e n t s Career Clarification

  8. B e n e f i t s t o S t u d e n t s Hands-on Experience

  9. B e n e f i t s t o S t u d e n t s Developing New Skills

  10. B e n e f i t s t o S t u d e n t s Critical Thinking Skills

  11. B e n e f i t s t o S t u d e n t s Relevance of Coursework becomes apparent

  12. B e n e f i t s t o S t u d e n t s Resume Building

  13. B e n e f i t s t o S t u d e n t s Networking

  14. S T U D E N T E M P O W E R M E N T • Individualized Instruction • Collaborative Learning • Self-Paced Modules • Open-Exit Option

  15. EEB 492 Off-Campus Study

  16. EEB 492 Off-Campus Study

  17. EEB 402 PRACTICUM

  18. From the PRACTICUM syllabus:

  19. Recent PRACTICUM Projects • All PRACTICUM project involve creative problem solving. All students must identify worthy problems and the resources available to solve the problem. Next, they must demonstrate the competence to utilize these resources and to communicate their findings (however tentative) in an appropriate professional manner. For example: • Mattea De Leonni Stanonik's work with Dr. Karl Hubner at U.T Medical Center analyzing and comparing alternative radiotracers to increase the effectiveness of PET-scanning for early detection of brain tumors. • Conrad Vaughan's work with Barbara Keasling at Fort Sanders Hospital on the positive and negative roles of pre-surgical anxiety.

  20. Recent PRACTICUM Projects • Jennifer Hornaday and Will Middlecoff's work with pioneering pediatric dentist Philip O'Rourke at Children's Hospital on neonatal repair of congenital or developmental cranio-facial deformities. • Brian Everman's work with Smithsonian / National Zoo personnel on in vitro fertilization of endangered big cats. Michael Ross's work with East Tennessee Baptist Hospital administrators to solve problems in communications between registered nurses and staff. • Monika Twardzik's work with David Armstrong at Health South Rehabilitation Center on retention for workman's compensation. • Carmel Dekel's work on nature education at Ijam's Nature Center.

  21. Recent PRACTICUM Projects • Clint Hill's work comparing patterns of antibiotic dispensing at area hospital emergency rooms. • Brian Tigner's work with Dr. Kenneth Bell at Maryville Orthopedic Center on the effects of corticosteroid therapy • Amanda Barker's work with John Tullock at Aquatic Specialties, Inc., on intractable eye disease. • Kerry Seyfert's study of "reconciliation behavior" in the Chimpanzees at the Knoxville Zoological Gardens • James Boutette's work on "environmental enrichment for captive Aldabran giant tortoises" at the Knoxville Zoological Gardens

  22. Recent PRACTICUM Projects • Kelly Swaim's fact-gathering and investigative reporting on animal welfare in regional pet stores. • Sarah McKee's work at Ijam's Nature Center on biological control of aquatic weed overgrowth. • Jack Covington's work at UT Hospital to detect renin mRNA an non-myocytes • Susan Crowell's work with Billy Minser and David Whitehead at the Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency comparing qualities of two waterfowl sites.

  23. Paradigms of Service Learning

  24. The Universe Beyond

  25. Service Learning resources, supporters, mentors • Thanks to: • Martha Bergin and the Center for Public Policy and Service at Mesa Community College, Mesa, Arizona • Service Learning Workshop of The Invisible College at Portland State University held at Highlander Research and Educational Center, New Market, TN December, 1997 • Community Partnership Center, Madeline A. Rogero, Executive Director, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville • Lynn Champion, Office of Academic Outreach, College of Arts & Sciences, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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