The Service Learning Working Group is open to any faculty and staff interested in discussing the theory and practice of community engagement in higher education.  It is intended to be an open forum that will aid in the development of best practices among the service learning community at Vanderbilt.

In 2011-12, the group will meet in the Center for Teaching’s workshop space on the third floor of 1114 19th Avenue South.  The specific meeting times are listed below.

The format for the discussions is that of an informal colloquium focused around a dimension of service learning pedagogy, a particular teaching challenge, or a case study of teaching practice.  Participants in the working group volunteer to lead these discussions, frequently beginning with brief presentations and followed by open dialogue.

If you are interested in participating in the Service Learning Working Group, in leading a discussion, or in simply learning more about the group, please write Joe Bandy, Assistant Director of the Center for Teaching.

Past Presentations

Expanding Networks of Community Partnerships

February 3rd, 2011

Sharon Shields, Professor of the Practice of Health Promotion and Education, Peabody College

 

 

Liz Aleman, Healthy Children’s Manager and Adjunct Instructor, Monroe Carell Jr.’s Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt University

 

 

 

Resources:
Syllabus – HOD 2510 Health Service Delivery to Diverse Populations

Service-Learning Project – HOD 2510 Health & Human Services in Diverse Populations

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Service Learning and the Ingram Scholars Program

March 14th, 2011

Marshall Eakin, Professor of History and Faculty Director of the Ingram Scholars Program

 

 

 

 

Bryn Sierra , Summer Program Coordinator, Ingram Scholars Program

 

 

 

 

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Reflection: The Hyphen in Service-Learning

April 26th, 2011

Janet Eyler, Professor of the Practice of Education, Peabody College

 

 

Resources:
Janey Eyler’s PowerPoint Presentation

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Shaping Healthy Cities: A Service-Learning Collaboration with the Nashville Civic Design Center

September 16th, 2011, 12-1pm, Center for Teaching

Douglas D. Perkins, Professor of Human and Organizational Development, Peabody College; Founding Director, Center for Community Studies; Coordinator, International Communities Interest Group

Resources: Shaping Healthy Cities: Nashville Project Brief

 

Patricia Conway, PHD student, Community Research & Action, Peabody College and Project Manager, Nashville Civic Design Center

 

 

 

Gary Gaston, Design Director of the Nashville Civic Design Center; and Lecturer with the University of Tennessee College of Architecture and Design; and Master’s Degree candidate in Community Development & Action, Peabody College.

Resources: The Plan of Nashville

 

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Open Discussion: Envisioning a Future for Service Learning at Vanderbilt

October 28th, 2011, 12-1pm, Center for Teaching

Service Learning Working Group

This past Summer, members of Vanderbilt’s Alliance for Community Engagement (ACE) formed subcommittees to better understand community engagement as it is currently practiced at Vanderbilt and other exemplary institutions across the U.S.  Over the course of ACE’s October 17th meeting (12-1pm in the Commons Multipurpose Room 235) and the Service Learning Working Group’s meeting on October 28th, there will be a discussion of the results of this work.  The October 17th meeting will focus on the reports from ACE subcommittees.  The October 28th meeting will have a more open discussion of possible directions for the future of service learning and community engagement at Vanderbilt.  All are welcome to participate in both meetings.

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Service Learning and the Second Language Acquisition Program

November 14th, 2011, 3:10-4pm, Center for Teaching

Elena Olazagasti-Segovia, Senior Lecturer of Spanish and Portuguese

with students, Caroline Martin and Ashley Rasa

 

Resources: Second-Language Acquisition
and Academic Service-Learning – PowerPoint Presentation

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Spring 2012 Presentations

Inside-Out: A Collaborative Learning Community between Undergraduate Students and People Who Are Incarcerated

February 17th, 2012, 12-1pm, Center for Teaching

 

Sarah Passino, Senior Lecturer in the Department of English

with students, Almidys Perez (’13) and Crystal Finley (’13)

Resources: English 102W, “Stories of Crime and Justice in the Americas: Reading against the Walls”

 

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Community Empowerment and Service Learning: Sustainability, Justice & the City

March 16th, 2012, 12-1pm, Center for Teaching

Jim Fraser, Associate Professor of Human and Organizational Development

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