Location
Hamilton Hall 115
Session
Session 4
Start Date
12-4-2014 1:45 PM
End Date
12-4-2014 2:45 PM
Description
Since the degree in Unified Public Service Administration was created, seniors in the capstone course have been encouraged to engage in service-learning projects, bringing together aspects of core curriculum, producing a product available for use, and benefiting the public safety of communities in the state, and serving the population as a whole. Traditional measures of service-learning activities are generally quantitative and do not reflect the merit and benefit of these student endeavors. This project examines through illustrations of current and past student projects, the shortcomings of current measures used to evaluate service-learning participation, and covers qualitative measures of evaluation that can be used to measure service learning.
When Counting is Inadequate: The Failure of Quantitative Measures to Demonstrate True Impacts of Service-Learning Projects
Hamilton Hall 115
Since the degree in Unified Public Service Administration was created, seniors in the capstone course have been encouraged to engage in service-learning projects, bringing together aspects of core curriculum, producing a product available for use, and benefiting the public safety of communities in the state, and serving the population as a whole. Traditional measures of service-learning activities are generally quantitative and do not reflect the merit and benefit of these student endeavors. This project examines through illustrations of current and past student projects, the shortcomings of current measures used to evaluate service-learning participation, and covers qualitative measures of evaluation that can be used to measure service learning.