Location
Hamilton Hall 112
Session
Session 6
Start Date
11-4-2014 1:00 PM
End Date
11-4-2014 2:00 PM
Description
Service learning is a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich learning experiences, teach civic responsibility and strengthen communities. What better course than Community Dental Health to create a case study for this concept? Dental hygiene students were taught how to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate community programs. The students were taught these concepts using a variety of different teaching strategies in class. During the spring semester, the students must complete a practicum in which they assess, plan, implement and evaluate a community site of their choice. Two objectives were to for the students to learn practical application of their studies while becoming active in providing community service. This process helps build character and teaches responsibility to the community. To evaluate which teaching strategies were used, students were asked to complete a questionnaire, a mid-term assessment report, and a final assessment report concerning which teaching strategies chosen. The final assessment report required subjective information and reflective responses concerning what the students felt were effective. The reports were then assessed for particular themes regarding which teaching strategies were used.
Transferring Teaching Strategies from the Classroom to Service-Learning Projects
Hamilton Hall 112
Service learning is a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich learning experiences, teach civic responsibility and strengthen communities. What better course than Community Dental Health to create a case study for this concept? Dental hygiene students were taught how to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate community programs. The students were taught these concepts using a variety of different teaching strategies in class. During the spring semester, the students must complete a practicum in which they assess, plan, implement and evaluate a community site of their choice. Two objectives were to for the students to learn practical application of their studies while becoming active in providing community service. This process helps build character and teaches responsibility to the community. To evaluate which teaching strategies were used, students were asked to complete a questionnaire, a mid-term assessment report, and a final assessment report concerning which teaching strategies chosen. The final assessment report required subjective information and reflective responses concerning what the students felt were effective. The reports were then assessed for particular themes regarding which teaching strategies were used.