Many factors can influence the design of Service-Learning (S-L) including the type of course, type of community engagement, degree of integration, and the agreement between you and your community partner. CEVC is here to support faculty every step of the way from revising your syllabus and identifying community partners, to designing a thoughtful experience and developing strategies to enhance student learning. Please contact Mary Denlinger (denlinml@jmu.edu) approximately one semester in advance to schedule a course consultation.
CEVC subscribes to the P.A.R.E. (Preparation, Action, Reflection, and Evaluation) model as a means for preparing and supporting students and faculty to create high quality and mutually beneficial S-L. In the timeline below, the P.A.R.E. model is used as a framework to illustrate the approximate progression of S-L courses at JMU.
Recommended Resources
- A Smart Start to Service-Learning (Rubin, 2001)
- Traditional vs. Critical Service-Learning (Mitchell, 2008)
- Service Learning as a Pedagogy of Whiteness (Mitchell et al., 2012)
- Community-based Research and Higher Education: Principles and Practices (Strand, et al., 2003)
- IUPUI High-Impact Practice Taxonomy (Hahn et al., 2016)
- Critical Service-Learning as a Tool for Identity Exploration (Donahue & Mitchell, 2010)
- The Cambridge Handbook of Service Learning and Community Engagement, Chapter 37: Ideal and Real in Service Learning: Transforming the Ideal Based on the Real (Mitchell & Donahue, 2018)
- Duke Critical Service-Learning Conversions Tool (Stith et al., 2018)
- Principles of Good Practice for Service-Learning Pedagogy (Howard, 2001)
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