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Best Practices in Engaged PedagogiesJulie Plaut, Ph.D., 612-436-2081, [email protected]
community-ENGAGED PEDAGOGIES
active, collaborative teaching and learning strategies
that integrate meaningful community work or service
with instruction, reflection, and critical analysis
to increase student engagement, enrich learning, develop civic responsibility, and advance community goals
may be called service-learning, academic civic engagement, community-based learning, civic work and learning, etc.
Social change Wheel
Individual service / Team projects
On-site service / Activity done mostly away from a partner agency
Direct service / Contributions through advocacy, research, fundraising, writing
One course / Multiple courses partnering with one organization
Principles of good practice
Responsible engagement
Approach partners and communities with a respectful focus on their assets as well as needs
Build relationships and develop plans with community partners
Communicate clearly with partners about course objectives, timeline, and evaluation expectations—and listen to understand their priorities, culture, and feedback
Prepare students for learning with and in the community
Principles of good practice
Real learning
Establish and communicate learning objectives and how engagement advances them
Academic credit is for learning, not service
Use discussions, writing assignments, and other techniques to connect service with academic course content, inviting critical reflection and analysis
Do not compromise academic rigor—but remember that perceptions of rigor may be limited
Principles of good practice
Continuous improvement
Doing this work takes time, commitment, and responsiveness to community partners’ points of view
Be prepared for variation in, and some loss of control with, student learning outcomes
Seek to practice – and to cultivate – both courage and humility
Remember challenges can lead to valuable learning
IMPACTS of cOMmunity Engagement
© Nexus Community Partners and the Building The Field of Community Engagement Partners
Advanced engagement practices
Multi-disciplinary partnerships community partner or issue-based
Engaged departments multiple, connected experiences
Long-term projects results build over time
Engaged scholarship dissemination of models and results
Questions to consider
What are the outcomes you care most about? What activities and structure can best help you meet the goals: Optional or required? Group or individual? One partner or many? Why? What community partner(s) do you already know—and which might best match the goals? (Consider their mission, programs, capacity to guide students, history with UST.) What preparation do you, your students, and/or your community partner(s) need for this course and collaborative project? How will you, your students, and/or your community partner(s) know if you/they are being successful? What kind of end product will exist at the end of the course? Who will “own” it? Who will have access to it? Who will get credit for it? How will the story of the course/project and its results be told?
Resources
AAC&U Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement www.aacu.org/clde
Bonner Network bonnernetwork.pbworks.com
Building the Field of Community Engagement www.buildthefield.org
Campus Compact www.compact.org
Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) www.civicyouth.org
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health www.ccph.info
Imagining America www.imaginingamerica.org
International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement www.researchslce.org
Minnesota campus compact Professional development (e.g., UMCES – register by Friday at https://umces2015.eventbrite.com)
Publicity for your good stories, evaluation findings, etc.
Grant opportunities (e.g., Youthprise matching funds for PAR/CBPR – apply June 1-October 1)
Relevant literature, program models, or connections to others doing related work
Awards, at both state and national levels
THANK YOU!
Julie Plaut Executive Director, Minnesota Campus Compact [email protected] 612-436-2081
www.mncampuscompact.org @mncompact
