Problem-Based Service-Learning (faculty development at Bonner)

+ PBSL: Pathways to Democratic Civic Rick Gordon and Ruth Scipione Siena College

+ Workshop Goals  Explore 21st century model of service learning--Hi impact service and social change  Need to work smarter, not harder  Change paradigm from student placement/volunteer model to problem solving model, from “technocratic” civic engagement to democratic civic engagement

+ Eyes on the prize: Ends vs means  Challenge: Create a more socially just world  Sub-challenge: Aspiring to Democratic Civic Engagement and Deep Partnerships

+ Multidimensional Problem  Student Engagement, Faculty Engagement, Institutional Support, Community PartnershipsResults and Outcomes  Can’t move on to highest level without moving others as well

+ Yeah, but…  How do you get faculty engagement at any level?  And how do you move them from initial interest or trying SL to deep engagement and commitment?

+ Activity 1  Motivation: Get beyond altruism  Economic Theory: Incentive and Disincentives: Increase beneﬁts/lower costs  Brainstorm Incentives/Disincentives for each dimension  4 small groups: Student, Faculty, Institutional, Community Partner  For each, list their interests in one column, obstacles in another

+How can we align faculty incentives/interests with those of students, institution, community partner?

+ PBSL for faculty buy-in  Start with premise we are not promoting service—focus on academic learning  Entry point for faculty to SL—get foot in the door but also  “Smarter,” more “democratic” orientation to engagement

+PBSL Key Concepts Clear identiﬁcation of learning outcomes Partnering with community partner with a problem that directly relates to course learning outcomes Presenting students with a problem to solve related to learning outcomes that demands some type of service to community partner Preparing students for their PBSL work by building knowledge, skills, and abilities Employing on-going feedback—reﬂection and assessment

+Appeal of PBSL Relates directly to course outcomes Not overly complicated logistics Problem statement written by faculty member to speciﬁcally address community need and desired learning results Usually requires student teamwork—real problems too complex for any one person How to achieve course outcomes, work with a community partner, how to prepare students, how to manage logistics

+ Examples  “Generic” issues: Program evaluation, work by similar organizations, future trends in the ﬁeld  Siena Ed Program Evaluation: Social Sciences, Stats, etc.— Apply theory to practice  Embedded: Environmental Studies intro course

+ How does this lead to Deep Partnerships?  Partnerships build over time—Around problem/issue solutions

+ Within Course/Discipline  Colby Sawyer College—Psychology—theories of youth development and playground violence Needs analysis, program research, program selection and planning, implementation

+ Across Disciplines  Unity House—Wraparound services in low income community  Problem to solve: How to improve student academic performance/ graduation? ----Initial connection through needs assessment for youth education—  Initial direct service—youth afterschool/tutoring (Education dept)  Leads to workshops on parenting (Psych, Counseling)  Adult literacy (Education, Psych)  Food and nutrition (Nutrition)  Fundraising, development and budget management (accounting)  Strategic Planning (Business and Management)

+ How do we get from technocratic engagement to democratic?  PBSL alters the framework: Rather than how can faculty do SL in a course, to what role does a faculty (or dept. or institution) have with an issue/problem we aim to address?

+ Activity 2 Development from initial project to deep  Project Generation Game  5 year path along each of these 4 dimensions from initial project to Deep, Democratic Civic Engagement.

+ Closure: Book Proposal Ideas  Book Proposal Ideas: PBSL—Pathway to Democratic Civic Engagement

Problem-Based Service-Learning (faculty development at Bonner)

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