Dr. Rosangela Boyd, Director of Service-Learning and Academic Initiatives
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
TCU Campus Store, Rm. 208
Service-learning aims at developing service experiences for students that enhance learning while addressing community needs through reciprocal campus-community partnerships. While some educators have focused on discipline-specific learning objectives, others have embraced a social change orientation, by promoting social awareness and encouraging social responsibility among students in addressing key community concerns. This shift in focus, known as “critical service-learning” brings implications related to the developments and sustainability of campus-community partnerships, as well as to classroom dynamics.
This presentation will be anchored in this paradigm shift towards a critical approach to service-learning. As a result of attending this session, participants will be able to:
- Compare and contrast traditional and critical service-learning approaches
- Identify barriers and articulate strategies to applying critical service-learning principles in planning, implementing and evaluating campus-community collaborative projects
- Discuss how session contents and examples can be adapted to respective disciplines
