A Service Learning Approach to Faculty Development

1998 ◽  
Vol 1998 (73) ◽  
pp. 81-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Zlotkowski
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Faculty Development ◽  
Learning Approach

Environmental service-learning approach in higher education – a descriptive case study on student-led life cycle assessments of university cafeteria meals

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonas Johannisson ◽  
Michael Hiete
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Course Evaluation ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Graduate Course ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Descriptive Case Study

Purpose This study aims to share experiences of an easy to adapt service-learning approach in a graduate course on life cycle assessment (LCA). Specifically, it reports on how students helped the university’s cafeteria to assess meals by conducting an LCA for 25 meals and identifying environmental hotspots. Design/methodology/approach A descriptive case study of a graduate course at Ulm University is presented. The course included lectures and problem-based exercises, both theoretical and software assisted. A course evaluation was conducted during the course and one year after completion to poll improvement potentials, as well as its impacts on students’ everyday life. Findings It was found that although it was the first LCA for all students, the resulting LCA information of 25 different meals were homogeneous, comparable to the scientific literature and beneficial to the cafeteria’s sustainable development strategy. The concept of service-learning had a higher impact on students’ motivation than a good grade and active-learning is explicitly requested by students. The course design sensitized students to the real-life problems of LCA and made their consumption patterns more elaborate and ecological. Furthermore, this digitization of higher education could be carried out with only minor changes in the present COVID-19 pandemic situation. Originality/value As the subject of service-learning in natural sciences is still expandable, this study presents an easy to adapt case study on how to integrate such an approach into university curricula dominated by traditional learning. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this case study presents the first published LCA university course explicitly describing and evaluating a service-learning approach. The topic touches the everyday lives of students, allows comparisons between different student groups, is easily scalable to different group sizes and credits, and supports learning both how to study in small groups and cooperation between groups to ensure comparability of LCA results.

Developing Interpersonal Skills of Evaluators: A Service-Learning Approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 432-451
Author(s):  
Lora H. Warner
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Interpersonal Skills ◽  
Interpersonal Competence ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Technical Knowledge ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Professional Self ◽  
Group Student ◽  
Insight Into

The challenge and opportunity for the field of evaluation is to prepare evaluators with sophisticated interpersonal competence alongside technical research skills. This article shows that service-learning, a “real-world” pedagogical model, holds promise as a way to educate students in evaluation while developing their interpersonal skills. While other community-based approaches offer experiential applications of evaluation methods, service-learning adds the important element of reflection to deepen student learning. A course that employed the “client-based” service-learning approach, individual-to-group student assignments, practice with interpersonal skills, and ongoing reflection activities is presented as a pedagogical approach to expand the range of interpersonal skills that can be developed among students. Student surveys showed that the course conveyed many benefits beyond technical knowledge of evaluation: use and awareness of important interpersonal skills, growing insight into their community and its people, growth of professional self-confidence, and kindling an interest in the field of evaluation.

Using a Service Learning Approach to Better Prepare Consumers for Food-Related Emergencies

2010 ◽  
Vol 110 (9) ◽  
pp. A66
Author(s):  
S. Godwin ◽  
R. Coppings ◽  
L. Speller-Henderson ◽  
R. Stone ◽  
S. Cates ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Learning Approach

Partners at Learning: A Service-Learning Approach to Serving Public School Students from Military Families

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 226-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon Capp ◽  
Rami Benbenishty ◽  
Hadass Moore ◽  
Diana Pineda ◽  
Ron Avi Astor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public School ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Military Families ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
School Students ◽  
Public School Students

scholarly journals Conceptual framework of the nursing centre for the integration of community health nursing practice, education, and research

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neti Juniarti ◽  
Jeffrey Fuller ◽  
Lana Zannettino ◽  
Julian Grant
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Nursing Practice ◽  
Service Improvement ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Community Health Nursing ◽  
Health Nursing ◽  
Practice Education

AbstractAim:To develop a conceptual framework that can be used for the integration of community health nursing (CHN) practice, education, and research within a Nursing Centre (NC) model.Background:New forms of training and support are needed to equip nurses to manage the complex and costly challenges facing health care systems. The NC model provides scope to address these challenges by integrating nursing practice, education, and research. However, there is little information about how these constructs are integrated or how education is constituted within the model.Methods:This study used an embedded single case study design across three Nursing Centres (NCs) in West Java Indonesia. Semi-structured interviews and a review of relevant documents were conducted. Interview participants were recruited purposively to select stakeholders with rich information, including clients, nurses, nursing students and lecturers who have been using the NC model, as well as the head of the co-located Community Health Centres. Data was analysed using thematic analysis, pattern matching and cross-unit synthesis.Findings:Four components relevant to integration in the NC were identified, namely (1) client-centred care as the shared common ground for integration in the NC; (2) nursing education using a service learning approach; (3) the NC as a model for reviving CHN services; and (4) service improvement through research and community service activities. The service learning approach was identified as appropriate because it links services with the learning process and this serves to address the interests of both practice and education institutions. The conceptual framework identified in this study can be used to improve the functionality of NCs in Indonesia and be considered for use internationally.

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