IARSLCE 2018

Modeled after the IUPUI Research Academy, this highly interactive session provides resources and tools for conceptualizing, refining, and implementing a research study on service-learning and community engagement. Participants bring a draft research question, participate in Faculty Learning Communities, gather input on theoretical frameworks and methodology, and refine the question and approach through structured feedback.

Explore theory, research, and practices in K-16 environmental service-learning (ES-L), an evolving area of interest that draws from the service-learning and environmental education fields.  Analyze and describe ES-L programs and projects according to type, objectives, pedagogical features, and extent.  Expand and extend ES-L experiences for greater outcomes and impacts.

Participants will gather as a learning community to explore the application of Miranda Fricker’s (2007) philosophical framework of epistemic justice/injustice to community-engaged scholarship and practice for the purpose of advancing diversity, democratic participation, and social change. Participants will complete readings and contribute to a discussion board prior to the session.

The International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE) is excited to offer the Practitioner Scholar Forum again this year! Held annually, the Practitioner-Scholars Forum (PSF) offers a dialogue and development space for community engagement professionals who see IARSLCE as a critical venue through which practitioners activate their scholarship and scholarly identities. This year, the PSF will be held as an Embedded Institute, generously supported by Loyola University-Chicago and the University of New Mexico. The 2018 PSF session’s theme is “Engaged Scholarship in Practice: Mapping Your Practitioner-Scholar Identity.”

This interactive training session prepares participants to use the new Service-Learning Quality Assessment Tool (SLQAT), rating 28 key elements of service-learning courses. Participants will learn about its development, scoring, and use for research and course development, with hands-on opportunities to rate courses and plan for use on their own campus