Service Learning – Learning Well and Doing Good
Kursinformationen
- Datum
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- Freitag, 25. Oktober 2024,
09:00 Uhr bis 16:30 Uhr - Freitag, 25. Oktober 2024,
- Anmeldebeginn
- 07.08.2024, 09:00 Uhr
- Anmeldeschluss
- 27.09.2024, 12:00 Uhr
- Kosten
- This course is free of charge and for doctoral candidates and postdocs of the University of Basel only (max. 5 participants).
- Dozierende
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Karsten Altenschmidt
- Anrechenbar
- Can be credited towards Higher Education Teaching Certificates: Module Context Higher Education
- Veranstaltet durch
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The course is offered as part of the Impuls funding program.
in collaboration with
Graduate Center
Transferable Skills
grace@unibas.ch
GRACE Homepage
Ziele
You will:
- be familiar with the discourse context around societal orientation in teaching;
- know & understand the service learning framework and variants;
- be aware of the special features of cooperation with external non-profit partners;
- have ideas for transferring service learning or similar methods to your own teaching practice.
Kursinhalte
Education for sustainable development, social transfer, third mission - there are many didactic, personal and strategic reasons to address social goals and problems in your own teaching. But how exactly can this be implemented? What is necessary for this and how can you cooperate with community-based organizations?
The interactive workshop discusses central concepts (in particular service learning, design thinking), shows practical examples and provides tips on didactic and organizational implementation. Participants are encouraged to contribute with own examples and questions. This course is suitable for all disciplines at the University of Basel, and can be useful for those considering applying for Impuls funding.
Topics:
- ESD, transfer, third mission & co.: orientation in the concepts jungle
- Field- specific and cross-disciplinary examples
- The service learning framework: combining engagement and teaching
- Working together with "community partners"
- Successful patterns for implementation
- Support at the University of Basel & beyond
- Collegial coaching for (new) teaching projects
The exact content will be adapted to the requirements of the participants on site.
Form
Keynote speech, plenary discussion, group and individual exercise, service learning card deck
Adressatinnen und Adressaten
All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs
Informationen zu den Dozierenden
Karsten Altenschmidt is head of the Zentrum für gesellschaftliches Lernen und soziale Verantwortung (UNIAKTIV) and Coordinator for Service Learning at the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE). There he works and teaches (on) service learning, community-based research, design thinking and other forms of integrating student engagement with teaching and research.
Leistungsspektrum / Workload
Total of 8h (7h course attendance, 1h readings)
Besonderheiten
Once registration is open, applications will be collected for 24 hours and course places allocated by lot. All registrations received after the initial 24h period will be put on a waiting list and assigned on a first come, first served basis.
Course places/places on the waiting list will be confirmed by e-mail. Course registrations can only be canceled before the registration period ends (send an e-mail to grace@unibas.ch). Full course attendance is mandatory. Participants who fail to attend a course without prior notification or withdraw after the registration deadline are subject to a fee of CHF 30. In addition, participants who cancel their course registration at a later point in time, are absent without an excuse or do not attend the entire course will, for reasons of fairness, not be considered for course registration in the following semester and will be removed from other courses offered in the same semester. Please find the detailed regulations on the Transferable Skills Homepage.