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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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