Communities for Growth: Cultivating and Sustaining Service-Learning Teaching and Scholarship in a Faculty Fellows Program

Authors

Carmen Werder, Western Washington UniversityFollow
Angela Harwood, Western Washington UniversityFollow
Leslie Ochs, Western Washington UniversityFollow
Deborah Currier, Western Washington UniversityFollow
Shearlean Duke, Western Washington University
Joyce D. Hammond, Western Washington UniversityFollow
Lisa Moulds, Western Washington UniversityFollow
Karen Stout, Western Washington UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Fall 2005

Keywords

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Abstract

We analyze a two-year Faculty Fellows Program designed to enhance the service-learning pedagogy and scholarship at a regional comprehensive university. The impact of the program was analyzed using initial questionnaires, meeting notes, final reports, and faculty reflective essays. Participation in a faculty fellows cohort program provided a sense of campus community, led to professional and personal development, and improved community and student outcomes. Findings indicated the supportive culture created through the program was central to its powerful impact; other positive outcomes were grounded in the sense of community that developed.

Publication Title

Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning

First Page

41

Last Page

51

Recommended Citation

Werder, Carmen; Harwood, Angela; Ochs, Leslie; Currier, Deborah; Duke, Shearlean; Hammond, Joyce D.; Moulds, Lisa; and Stout, Karen, "Communities for Growth: Cultivating and Sustaining Service-Learning Teaching and Scholarship in a Faculty Fellows Program" (2005). Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications. 50.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/library_facpubs/50

Subjects - Topical (LCSH)

Service learning; Learning and scholarship; Universities and colleges--Faculty

Genre/Form

articles

Type

Text

Language

English

Format

application/pdf