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Course Design In An Integrated First-Year Honors Sequence: Service Learning, Scaffolded Research, & Faculty Collaboration, Jerri J. Kropp, Trent W. Maurer
Course Design In An Integrated First-Year Honors Sequence: Service Learning, Scaffolded Research, & Faculty Collaboration, Jerri J. Kropp, Trent W. Maurer
School of Human Ecology Faculty Presentations
Presentation given at Pre-ISSOTL Council on Undergraduate Research Symposium.
In this presentation, participants will learn about a collaboration of two professors working with a cohort of 15 students in a year-long integrated sequence first-year Honors course. Both semesters of the course center around the theme of animals in the lives of children, families, and communities. In the first semester, the course focuses more narrowly on animal-assisted therapies. In the second semester, the course focuses more broadly on global and diversity issues. As part of this course, students must complete both 25 hours of service learning and a research project. Students …