%0 Journal Article
%T A faculty learning community¡¯s reflection on implementing servicelearning goals
%A Diana Becket
%A Brenda Refaei
%A Claudia Skutar
%J The Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
%D 2012
%I Indiana University
%X Implementing service-learning is challenging in light of issues such as changes in student demographics and pressure from existing curricula goals. However, closer community engagement is increasingly important in the long-term goals of our universities. Members of a faculty learning community at an open-access college reflect on the process of implementing the official university definition of service-learning in their English program. The implications of using servicelearning as a teaching tool are critically discussed.
%K service-learning
%K community engagement
%K experiential education
%K extra-curricular activities
%K transfer of learning
%U http://josotl.indiana.edu/article/view/1977