According to Miller (2009) , CBPR combines various forms of action-oriented research with service-learning to support social action for social justice. Guided by faculty, students are involved in the various stages of research, including identifying or creating an assessment instrument, data collection, and in ideal situations, data analysis. CBPR projects usually benefit a community partner in resource allocation.
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Service Learning: Impacting Change, Promoting Social Justice, Equity, and Inclusion – An Effective Framework for Social and Professional Studies Programs
Nicola Davis Bivens (Johnson C. Smith University, USA), Yolanda Meade Byrd (Independent Researcher, USA), DeMond S. Miller (Rowan University, USA), Anita D. Bledsoe-Gardner (Johnson C. Smith University, USA), Deborah Brown Quick (Johnson C. Smith University, USA), and Zeritha W. McFadden (Johnson C. Smith University, USA)
Copyright: © 2023
|Pages: 17
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9678-4.ch008
Abstract
Service learning is a means of outreach, and civic engagement is rooted in the Wisconsin Idea and the belief that education's influence should expand beyond the classroom to influence people's lives. The Wisconsin Idea rested on the conviction that students and university-trained experts could apply themselves to the problems of modern society and make democracy work more effectively. Service learning is a high-impact strategy and connects the curriculum to communities through by solving problems within. Marginalized communities benefit from expertise, free labor, resource allocation, and research support to promote inclusion, equity, and social justice. This chapter examines service learning in multiple social and professional degree programs. These projects include projects, embedded within various courses, semester-long service-learning classes, as well as a team projects. In addition to examining their programs' experiences, the authors present lessons learned and make recommendations about effective practices in managing these projects.