Effective Practices Exchange

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I. Faculty Knowledge and Skills

The initial step in guiding experiential education programming begins by gaining the informed support of interested faculty members. The selective integration of service-learning activities into the intellectual life of higher education institutions is almost always designed to supplement, not replace, traditional modes of teaching.

The creation of faculty development programs serves as the lynchpin for honing students’ capacities to reflect on their “community as text” and appreciate the broad cross-cultural context of their studies. In such settings, the assessment of learning outcomes permits faculty members and all who partner with them to measure the value of their shared projects and to decide on future action steps.

A. Faculty Development

B. Creating Student Reflection Opportunities

C. Using Community as Text

D. Fostering Learning in Broad,
Cross-Cultural Contexts

E. Assessing Learning Outcomes