Faculty
Faculty of Information and Media Studies
Supervisor Name
Sandra Smeltzer
Keywords
service learning, SDGs, third mission, european SL
Description
Service learning (or community engaged learning) is a rapidly growing form of experiential education that results in mutually beneficial partnerships between students, institutions and local communities. SL (or CEL) is well-developed at European universities, and a variety of networks exist to further SL as a pedagogy. We examined how a range of universities consider SL a part of their institutional missions, and if explicit connections were made between SL and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (a universal framework of 17 goals to achieve by 2030) and the university’s third mission (an orientation toward the public good). This study will be presented at the 5th annual European Conference for Service Learning in Higher Education (ECSLHE), organized by one of the aforementioned European networks of universities. As the conference is upcoming, the attached research output is as of yet only the conference proposal submitted to the ECSLHE.
Acknowledgements
I’d like to thank Sandy and Basil for all their help with this project, and the entire USRI team, as well as Sarena and Hannah!
Creative Commons License
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Document Type
Paper
Included in
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Making the Connection Explicit: Service Learning, the SDGs, and the University’s Third Mission
Service learning (or community engaged learning) is a rapidly growing form of experiential education that results in mutually beneficial partnerships between students, institutions and local communities. SL (or CEL) is well-developed at European universities, and a variety of networks exist to further SL as a pedagogy. We examined how a range of universities consider SL a part of their institutional missions, and if explicit connections were made between SL and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (a universal framework of 17 goals to achieve by 2030) and the university’s third mission (an orientation toward the public good). This study will be presented at the 5th annual European Conference for Service Learning in Higher Education (ECSLHE), organized by one of the aforementioned European networks of universities. As the conference is upcoming, the attached research output is as of yet only the conference proposal submitted to the ECSLHE.