Thursday, September 29, 2005

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Make informed decisions to grow better in the curriculum



UC Service Learning is growing and we must make many decisions to generate an appropriate strategy to spread the methodology allows the UC.
To make those decisions is important to foundations that provide a choice between options:
Do we prefer to have more courses to implement A + S or for those undertaking are of better quality?
to grow, is it more appropriate to better equip teachers to implement with less support or get more consultants to further support teachers?
These are some of the questions we try to respond. Some research
made in the United States samples of more than 400 universities on the institutionalization of service learning show results regarding the obstacles that exist to extend A & S Can we rely on what they have done to make better choices?
For example:
86% of institutions surveyed believe that lack of time for teachers is the most significant obstacle preventing spread the Learning Service. This factor is still a lack of funding for A + S experiences with 62% and then the lack of understanding of this methodology in the university with 58%.
However, choosing to base our actions on the data can lead us to ignore political and institutional conditions that limit our actions. Whereas
is our strategic planning process, we welcome all comments to help us make better decisions.

Monday, September 26, 2005

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Service: Mandatory or voluntary? Learning Service

When designing a course, teachers have the choice of teaching methods at their discretion. If a teacher believes that students need to read a book to achieve a learning objective, then makes the required reading. If you think needs to be done in a laboratory exercise makes laboratory practices are mandatory to pass the course.
Then: If a teacher believes that to achieve the educational objectives proposed is necessary for students to perform a service experience ... Is it mandatory? Is it mandatory?

Wednesday, September 7, 2005

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you contributing to society?

is common to find people enthusiastic in front of the Service Learning Methodology, which is highly valued and which universities open their doors to the community, from teaching. It would be strange to speak ill of an initiative with such good intentions, it would be frowned upon as a dicidente, it would be bad not to get deep this car that has so many fans!
I think therein lies the main threat to Service Learning: that there is a critical approach to methodology, the where persons or institutions that use it to improve its image, or actually believe they are making a contribution to society, and that their work ends up being detrimental to the communities.
us know what you think service-learning: for you, what is the greatest benefit? And more importantly, what is the biggest risk we should avoid? Sebastian Zulueta