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Making The Connection Explicit: Service Learning, The Sdgs, And The University’S Third Mission, Chloe Bissell
Making The Connection Explicit: Service Learning, The Sdgs, And The University’S Third Mission, Chloe Bissell
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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 …
Utilizing "Third Space" To Support Students With Refugee Backgrounds, Susie Redecop
Utilizing "Third Space" To Support Students With Refugee Backgrounds, Susie Redecop
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This infographic provides a snapshot of my research on third space theory and provides examples of how it can be used in the classroom to support students with refugee backgrounds. If home is a child’s first space and school is a second space, a third space is an environment where these two spheres merge. Third spaces interrupt cultural essentialism and create new opportunities for understanding, collaboration and harmony (Lotherington, 2013). Teachers can use third space theory to combine culture and curriculum to make learning meaningful and accessible for all learners.