Summer Seminar and Research Grant
Service-Learning Center and Title V Grant: FOSS is pleased to announce the Service-Learning Summer Seminar 2017
The purpose of the seminar is to provide a cohort of TAMIU faculty with the opportunity to explore service-learning pedagogy, engage in a dialogue about experiential education, and provide guidelines to integrate service-learning and community-based research into their curriculum and pedagogy.
The summer seminar will provide foundational information about the principles of service-learning and civic engagement, which fulfill learning goals while addressing university and community needs. The seminar is designed to engage faculty through readings and discussions. Participants will be able to incorporate a community based service-project into a new syllabus or adapt a syllabus for one of their existing courses.
Guest speaker Dr. Patti H. Clayton is a service-learning consultant with 15 years of experience in the field. Her focus in to engage students and institutions with their community to increase learning and partnership for all involved.
Dr. Clayton will focus on topics that highlight implementation of service-learning / community-based research in the classroom and different ways of engaging student learning through critical reflection and assessment.
Service-Learning Summer Seminar 2017
Location TBA
May 22-24, 2017
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Previous Service-Learning Summer Seminar Attendees
If you would like to attend the Service-Learning Seminar, RSVP to servicelearning@tamiu.edu
Please include your name, email, and department.