Tue, September 23, 2014 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Journal Club offers you a great opportunity to learn about and discuss current scholarly work on teaching and learning, reflect on your teaching practice, and share your teaching and learning experiences with other participants. Each month, we select an article prior to the meeting, and we will discuss the article at the meeting. This month, we will discuss the following article:
Reardon, K. (2000). An experiential approach to creating an effective community-university partnership: The East St. Louis action research project. Cityscape, 5(1), 59-74.
Since 1987, the East St. Louis Action Research Project (ESLARP) has connected university to community to develop collaborative solutions to economic and social problems in one of America’s most marginalized communities. In this article, Kenneth Reardon explains the four different formats that the partnership has assumed over the course of 10 years in seeking to improve living conditions in East St. Louis. This SoTL Journal Club discussion will focus on the different structures taken by the university-community partnership, their relationship to Kolb’s experiential learning theories, and the role of academia in community development outside of the university.
You can access the article and some questions to consider as you read the article here.
Facilitator Bio: Daniel Iwama - Daniel brings together and promotes the growth of learning communities at UBC across a range of disciplines. He coordinates CTLT’s Communities of Practice and offers support to facilitators. Daniel holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and a Master’s in Planning, both from the University of British Columbia.
We welcome participants from a wide range of disciplines and with various teaching and learning experiences. If you have any questions, please contact Hanae Tsukada at hanae.tsukada@ubc.ca
Location: Irving K Barber Learning Centre, Fraser River Room (Room 2.27)