Discipline-Specific Faculty Institute in Service-Learning]

Beth Zwick wrote:

> FACULTY INSTITUTE ON SERVICE LEARNING
> MAY 31 - JUNE 1, 2000
> WHEATON COLLEGE, NORTON, MASSACHUSETTS
>
> Massachusetts Campus Compact will host a Faculty Institute on Service
> Learning. The Institute will provide a disciplinary-based introduction
> to service learning for faculty from four selected disciplines and
> fields, as well as a parallel track for experienced service learning
> practitioners to gain exposure to advanced techniques and frameworks. In
> addition, plenary sessions will address major issues and overarching
> themes common to service learning programs and pedagogies in higher
> education. All college and university faculty are invited.
>
> Service Learning relies on an innovative method of teaching and learning
> that integrates community service activities into academic curricula. In
> service learning, classroom studies complement service within the
> community to enable students to reflect upon and address local and
> national social issues. Service learning not only changes the way
> students learn, but change's society's view of education and service.
>
> The Faculty Institute will feature the following introductory
> service-learning tracks and presenters:
> ENGLISH COMPOSITION
> Bruce Hertzberg, Bentley College; Bill Lalicker, West Chester
> University; and Dan Malachuk, Daniel Webster College
> ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
> Dave Firmage, Colby College; Dave Potter, Unity College; and Harold
> Ward, Brown University
> FINE ARTS
> Paul Gebhardt, Massachusetts College of Art; and Peter Hocking, The
> Rhode Island School of Design
> SPANISH LANGUAGE STUDY
> Kathleen March, University of Maine; and Jeanne Mullaney, Community
> College of Rhode Island
>
> In addition, a special track will be offered:
> ADVANCED PRACTICE IN SERVICE LEARNING
> Kerri Heffernan and John Saltmarsh, Campus Compact, "The Campus Compact
> Service Learning Toolkit;" Phillip Jutras, Regis College, "Building
> Interdepartmental Teams" and D.V. Rama, University of Massachusetts at
> Dartmouth, "Advanced Approaches to Reflection"
>
> PLENARY SESSIONS
> Rick Battistoni, Providence College, "Service Learning and Civic
> Engagement;"
> Linda Chisholm, The International Partnership for Service Learning, "The
> Hero’s Journey;" and Edward Zlotkowski, Bentley College and Campus
> Compact, "The State of Service Learning in the United States"
>
> The MACC Faculty Institute on Service-Learning is fast approaching.
> Contact
> Miranda Smith, Massachusetts Campus Compact Events Coordinator, at
> msmith08@emerald.tufts.edu or 617 627 3889, with any questions or to
> register.
>
> --
> Elizabeth Zwick
> Executive Director
> Massachusetts Campus Compact
> Tufts University Lincoln Filene Center
> Medford, MA  02155
> Phone: (617) 627-3889
> Fax:  (617) 617-3837
> Email:  ezwick01@tufts.edu
>
> "Don't offend people with style when you can offend them with
> substance."
>     Charlie Allinson,
>     quoted by Terry McAdam in Doing Well by Doing Good
>
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