June 27, 2013 – Miami, FL
I am presenting my approach to teaching undergraduates to work together to change their communities in a presentation entitled, “Pedagogy of the Logic Model: Teaching Undergraduates to Work Together to Change Their Communities.” I will post resources on this site for other educators who would like to teach students the applied skill of creating a logic model. My presentation and the others at this session are based on our recent articles in the Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community
Session title: Thriving in the Undergraduate Community Psychology Classroom: Experiential Learning
Session overview:
Experiential learning — learning rooted in the direct experience of the student — is highly relevant to community psychology. It aligns with core values of our field, and it can prompt student learning as well as civic engagement, social justice, and community betterment. In the April 2013 issue, the Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community published a collection of papers on experiential learning for undergraduates enrolled in community psychology courses, including (1) individual and group service-learning exercises; (2) other strategies for using community experiences to augment in-class learning; and (3) ways of having students draw upon prior out-of-class or in-class community experiences to increase student understanding. The authors of the papers in this special issue will gather at this session to discuss their teaching strategies. Following brief introductory remarks by the guest editors, the authors will have posters outlining their experiential teaching methods and techniques set up throughout the room. Attendees will circulate among the posters to discuss their teaching ideas. Copies of teaching exercises and materials will be provided. The session will close with discussion and audience observations.
Please attend! The presentation is on Thursday morning (10:30AM-12noon) at the Society for Community Research and Action Biennial Conference in Miami. It will be held in the Dooley Memorial Classroom Building at the University of Miami.