Barriers and Pathways to Future Service-Learning in Higher Education
Location
CSU
Student's Major
Urban and Regional Studies
Student's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Mentor's Name
Bill Bernhagen
Mentor's Department
Urban and Regional Studies
Mentor's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Description
Service-Learning as a teaching pedagogy provides the opportunity for students, community and faculty to come together in a coherent and formal learning process. Students serve the community while learning, faculty make connections, and the community becomes a partner in higher education. However, service-learning also can pose significant challenges in implementation, supervision, and evaluation. This research project is based on surveys of "Instructional Faculty" at MSU and interviews of randomly selected faculty who do and do not implement service-learning, as well as surveys of greater Mankato area nonprofit organizations. Our hypothesis was that gaps would be present in the relationship between faculty and nonprofit organizations. Time is proposed as a major barrier to implementation.
Barriers and Pathways to Future Service-Learning in Higher Education
CSU
Service-Learning as a teaching pedagogy provides the opportunity for students, community and faculty to come together in a coherent and formal learning process. Students serve the community while learning, faculty make connections, and the community becomes a partner in higher education. However, service-learning also can pose significant challenges in implementation, supervision, and evaluation. This research project is based on surveys of "Instructional Faculty" at MSU and interviews of randomly selected faculty who do and do not implement service-learning, as well as surveys of greater Mankato area nonprofit organizations. Our hypothesis was that gaps would be present in the relationship between faculty and nonprofit organizations. Time is proposed as a major barrier to implementation.
