EDU 850 - Community Service-Learning and Social Action

3 Credit(s) Participants will explore the implications of teaching and learning beyond the classroom. We will address the theory and practice of experiential learning, constructivist approaches in educational pedagogy, authentic instruction and assessment and thematic/integrated curriculum. The history of community service-learning and current research will be included in the content of this course. Participating teachers will have an opportunity to develop and implement service-learning curricula with their own students.