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Incorporating
Civic Responsibility into the Curriculum |
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Type: Professional Development
Category: Curriculum Development
Duration: 2
hours
Description: Although one of the
fundamental purposes of education is to prepare students for effective
participation in a diverse democratic society, the vast majority
of our students leave unprepared for this task. Service-learning
is a teaching strategy that not only aims to enhance classroom
learning and help the community, but also helps foster civic responsibility. This
workshop will examine the role and obligation of higher education
to produce good citizens. Participants
will examine the concept of civic responsibility and explore a
variety of techniques to help improve civic education.
As
a result of successful completion of this workshop, participants
will be able to:
- Define civic responsibility and
understand its importance in higher education.
- Integrate a civic responsibility
component into their curriculum.
- Utilize a variety of reflection
techniques that foster civic responsibility.
- Assess the success of a civic responsibility
component.
- I can define civic responsibility
and its importance in higher education.
- I can integrate a civic responsibility
component into my curriculum.
- I can utilize a variety of reflection
techniques to foster civic responsibility in my classes.
- I
can assess the success of a civic responsibility component.
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