服务学习
What is 服务-学习?
服务 learning is a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities (Learn and Serve America National 服务学习 Clearinghouse).
服务 learning is a type of 从实践经验中学习 which integrates community-based experiences and projects into a course's curriculum and allows students to apply their classroom knowledge while addressing real world community issues.
的 mission of service learning at ODU is to educate, 参与, and equip our campus community with skills and experiences that connect rigorous academic curriculum with meaningful and tangible civic 参与ment to strengthen our students and communities for a sustainable future.
服务-学习 Mini 奖助金
的 领导办公室 & 学习 provides funding for the facilitation of service-learning courses. Instructors may request between $500 and $1,000 per course section for local, 全国性的, or international service-learning support.
All 服务-学习 Mini Grant funding for the 2023-2024 school year has been awarded. Please check back soon for the 2024-2025 school year! Please view the sample 征求建议书 to assist you in preparing your mini grant application.
为什么的服务培训?
学生的好处
- 支持s academic learning
- 批判性思维
- 持久性/保留
- 公民的结果
- 就业
- 协作
教师的好处
- Opens doors to diverse research opportunities
- Integrates opportunities to explore community perspectives and issues
- Broaden teaching approach and strategies
社会福利
- Helps organizations meet needs
- Capacity building by utilizing multiple sources of knowledge
- Involvement in preparing the upcoming generation of civically 参与d professionals
Examples of 服务-学习
支持 from the 领导办公室 & 学习
的 领导办公室 & 学习 supports faculty members looking to explore or implement service-learning in their courses.
We provide one-on-one consultations with faculty members, assistance in identifying community partners and viable projects, syllabi reviews and course development assistance, class presentations about service-learning, and financial support through the 服务-学习 Instructional Mini-Grant.
的 服务-学习 Instructional Mini-Grant provides between $500 and $1000 per course section for local, 全国性的, or international service-learning projects. ODU faculty members and instructors of all career tracks (full- and part-time), 工作人员, or teaching graduate students are eligible to apply.
服务-学习 Instructional Mini-奖助金 are reviewed and awarded on a rolling basis as funding is available, with a priority deadline in late July/early August for the upcoming academic year.
教师 who receive funding via the 服务学习 Mini 奖助金 program receive a LeADERS "S" or 服务-学习 designation 在他们的课程中.
教师资源
In addition to support from the Assistant Director for 服务-学习, there are numerous resources and professional organizations for faculty who are 参与d in service-learning, or who are exploring the possibilities!
