Service Learning

Student Community Outreach

What is Service Learning?

Service-learning combines academic study, community involvement and critical reflection. Through service-learning, students collaborate with others within or beyond the university, engaging with public issues in ways designed to develop particular knowledge, skills or abilities.

Brock University offers service learning opportunities across all academic programs at various years of study, from first year to fourth, as well as some graduate courses and co-curricular service-learning opportunities both locally and internationally.

 

Service-Learning Lunch Series:
Winter 2013

This semester we are offering two "brown bag lunch" sessions per month in hopes of gathering as a community  to discuss a variety of service-learning related topics.  All are welcome to join in these discussions, which take place in TH253 (e-classroom) from 12:00-1:00pm unless otherwise noted.  Please bring your lunch and light refreshments will be provided:

Thursday, January 10:
Reflections on International Service-Learning Partnerships

*Time: 12:30-1:30pm

Presenters:
Erin Sharpe, Associate Professor, Recreation & Leisure Studies
Samantha Dear, MA, Recreation & Leisure Studies
 

Tuesday, January 22:
Institutional measures of pedagogical excellence: How do we benchmark success?

Presenter: Anna Lathrop
Vice-Provost, Teaching and Learning
 

Thursday, February 7:
Mentoring Matters

Presenter: Heather Kilty
Associate Professor, Nursing
 

Thursday, February 28:
Service-Learning as a Capstone Experience

Presenter: Chris Fullerton
Associate Professor, Geography


Tuesday, March 12:
Accessible Teaching and Learning: Increasing the Inclusiveness of Service-Learning

Presenters:
Accessible Teaching and Learning Committee
Centre for Pedagogical Innovation


Monday, March 25:
Skills-Based Learning

Presenter: Tanya Martini
Associate Professor, Psychology
 

These sessions are sponsored by the Centre for Pedagogical Innovation and the Service-Learning Resource Centre.  For more information, please contact:

Mary-Beth Raddon, Faculty Associate for Service-Learning

mraddon@brocku.ca

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