- FIU's First Service-Learning Course
Find out more about FIU's first service-learning course (URS 3991
Service-Learning: Social Change & Contemporary Social Issues) which
started Fall 1995. Here is the course syllabus,
a handout on establishing criteria for
developing team service-learning projects, and a step-by-step
guide to help your team develop a strong project.
- The Big Dummy's Guide To Service-Learning
It's ALMOST ALL HERE! 27 Simple Answers to Good Questions
on: Faculty, Programmatic, Student, Administrative, & Non-Profit Issues
- How to Write Goals, Objectives
& Action Strategies:
The ability to write quality goals and objectives is critical
to mapping out success!
- Ways to Fall Back in Love with
Being a Leader
Organizing a movement or a service project can be exililarting
and powerful, but it can also be down right exausting. Here's a few simple
suggestions for combating "burnout!"
- The Importance of VISION
Organizing for the long haul demands a sense of vision, a sense
of where we are going. Here's a short piece on how to create and nurture
a personal sense of vision.
- A Wish for a Leader
A very cool thing to read, have, and give to leaders (young
and old) you are working with!
- We're Servin' Up Really Seriously
Pretty Good Links to Service-Learning Resources
Service-learning centers and programs are beginning to pop up
all over making the sharing of resources and information easier than ever!
- One Too Many Links to Volunteer
Centers On the Internet
Here's some neat links to community and collegial volunteer
centers from all over the US of A.
- Free Inspiration
A ton of service-oriented quotes from leaders, artists, thinkers,
poets, et al!
- Service-Learning Bibliography
- PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING:
AS AUTHENTIC AS IT GETS
CAPSULE SUMMARY: An innovative high school is pioneering ways to engage
students in solving problems by having them take on the roles of scientists,doctors,
artists, and historians. In addition, the Center for Problem-Based Learning
is helping other educators learn these exciting techniques.
- How to Build interdisciplinary
Units
CAPSULE SUMMARY:When teachers build interdisciplinary thematic units
around hot local issues, the result, said one student, is "learn,
learn, learn."
- This paper presents
the reader with a form-letter that requires Federal agencies to continually
inform the sender about Federal proposals that are of specific interest
to him/her.
- This is a short story
(parable)
I like to tell to students to give clear, and unambigiuous evidence
that, yes indeed, each person DOES make a difference!
- OZONE MONITORING
and health issues on the high school campus.
by Randy Sweeney, Science Teacher, Jordan High School. A great unit/lesson
plan for high school students!
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