Re: Enticing Article for New Faculty?

Hi Lydia,
Just a couple of thoughts:

1) faculty from different disciplines are going to find there way 
into SL in ways that make cognitive and professional sense to them 
from the perspective of their discipline. I'm not sure that a one 
size fits all approach will work well.  One publication that speaks 
to these multiple perspectives in Rick Battistoni's  Civic Engagement 
Across the Curriculum: A Resource Book for Service-Learning Faculty 
in all Disciplines (Campus Compact, 2001).

2) My experience is that it is unrealistic to encourage faculty to 
revise a course for the fall when they return to campus in September. 
They should begin that process after the Spring semester since the 
revision includes work on partnerships and the inclusion of community 
partners in the design of the course and that is not something that 
can be done in a matter of days.  Additionally, reflective exercises 
need to be carefully designed to link the course content to the 
service work in the community. To suggest to faculty that they can 
immediately turn their course into a SL course would perhaps send the 
wrong message that they should simply add community service activity 
to their existing course and call it service-learning.

Some excellent curriculum revision resources are the book by Kerri 
Heffernan, Fundamentals of SL Course Construction (Campus Compact, 
1999) and the Service-Learning Course Design Workbook put out by the 
Michigan Journal for Community Service-Learning (2001).

Thanks,
John


>Hello,
>
>A faculty member at Bowdoin College is planning on putting together a
>packet about service learning for new faculty members.  This packet is
>something they'll receive when they arrive on campus.  He is also
>planning on meeting with each of them (post packet) to see if they are
>interested in learning more and brainstorming possible partners and
>projects.  I was wondering if any of you have an article or document in
>your SL "libraries" that will grab the attention  of a young faculty
>member during those ultra busy, hectic weeks when they are first on
>campus and start them thinking about trying SL in one of their new
>courses?
>
>I will share results with the list serve.
>
>Thank you,
>     Lydia Bell
>______________________________________
>Lydia F. Bell
>Coordinator of Student Community Service Programs
>Community Service Resource Center
>Bowdoin College
>lbell2@bowdoin.edu
>(207) 721-5641
>(207) 798-4120 (fax)

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