Faculty should work alongside community partners before developing a service-learning project to build trust and understand community considerations¶

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Description¶

The article recommends that faculty embed themselves in the community before designing a CSL project. As printed, "Finding ways to work alongside the community partner prior to developing a service-learning project will allow for faculty members to imbed themselves within the community and to gain an understanding of the ethical and logical considerations" needed for the project. The faculty author's own practice of three years of volunteering before the project exemplifies this strategy.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Faculty time and sustained commitment to community activities separate from the service-learning class

Constraints¶

• Establishing authentic relationships takes time, and the article states this responsibility falls upon the faculty member

Target Learners¶

• higher education faculty
• community partners

Target Learning Goals¶

• authentic community partnership
• trust-building
• ethically grounded course design

Affordances¶

• Mitchell Csl Three Component Framework

Related Strategies¶

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Warren-Gordon, K., Hudson, K., & Scott, F. (2019). Voices of Partnerships Within the Critical Service-Learning Framework. Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 12(2). https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1934-5283