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Thinking And Action: Preparing Students To Engage Complexity Within Themselves And In The World, Julia Van Der Ryn
Thinking And Action: Preparing Students To Engage Complexity Within Themselves And In The World, Julia Van Der Ryn
Julia van der Ryn
This essay explores the dynamic tension between the human need to cultivate an autonomous identity and the desire to be part of a larger reality, suggesting that authentic morality emerges from a person’s struggle with the ever-shifting overlap between these two drives. Creating an intersection between thinking and action, service-learning pedagogy draws us into a creative confrontation with these drives, preparing students to engage complexity within themselves and in the world.
Thinking And Action: Preparing Students To Engage Complexity Within Themselves And In The World, Julia Van Der Ryn
Thinking And Action: Preparing Students To Engage Complexity Within Themselves And In The World, Julia Van Der Ryn
Julia van der Ryn
This essay explores the dynamic tension between the human need to cultivate an autonomous identity and the desire to be part of a larger reality, suggesting that authentic morality emerges from a person’s struggle with the ever-shifting overlap between these two drives. Creating an intersection between thinking and action, service-learning pedagogy draws us into a creative confrontation with these drives, preparing students to engage complexity within themselves and in the world.
Education In Action: Service-Learning Celebrating 10 Years, Julia Van Der Ryn
Education In Action: Service-Learning Celebrating 10 Years, Julia Van Der Ryn
Julia van der Ryn
The mission of the Service-Learning (SL) Program is to centralize resources and support for faculty, students, partner organizations and the diverse communities they serve to advance education and social justice through shared learning and collaborative action. The SL Program seeks to manifest the Dominican ideals and mission to educate ethical leaders and socially responsible global citizens through the creation of intentional, collaborative, mutually beneficial partnerships and relevant teaching/learning practices. Service-Learning integrates meaningful community engagement with academic curriculum, enriching learning through experience and intentional reflection on the interface between theory and practice.
“There's No Participation In ‘Our’ Participatory-Action Research Project”: Overcoming Hierarchies In Service-Learning Partnerships, Julia Van Der Ryn, Omar Carrera
“There's No Participation In ‘Our’ Participatory-Action Research Project”: Overcoming Hierarchies In Service-Learning Partnerships, Julia Van Der Ryn, Omar Carrera
Julia van der Ryn
While strategic planning is widely recognized as a central component in the development of sustainable service-learning partnerships and university programs, institutions working to create organizational change often do not have a framework for how to address the power differentials among a diverse group of constituencies. Further, this framework should include all stakeholders in the analysis of the social, historical, and political contexts around service-learning partnerships.
In this study, participants in the service-learning program at Dominican University of California (DUC) explored the complexity of the social forces that influence communication and collaboration in service-learning. DUC faculty members designed a multiphase research …
Beauty In The Struggle: Realizing Full Access To Higher Education, Julia Van Der Ryn, Lynn Sondag
Beauty In The Struggle: Realizing Full Access To Higher Education, Julia Van Der Ryn, Lynn Sondag
Julia van der Ryn
Presentation focused on the relationship between access to a dynamic education, which includes the arts and engenders creative and critical thinking, and a thriving democracy.
Making The Most Of Dilemmas In Service-Learning, Julia Van Der Ryn, David Donahue
Making The Most Of Dilemmas In Service-Learning, Julia Van Der Ryn, David Donahue
Julia van der Ryn
No abstract provided.
Beauty In The Struggle: Embracing The Dynamic Tensions In Transformative Education, Julia Van Der Ryn, Kendra Woodglass
Beauty In The Struggle: Embracing The Dynamic Tensions In Transformative Education, Julia Van Der Ryn, Kendra Woodglass
Julia van der Ryn
No abstract provided.
Engaging Faculty In A Critical And Creative Process Of Assessing Gen Ed Components Which Use Service-Learning Pedagogy, Julia Van Der Ryn
Engaging Faculty In A Critical And Creative Process Of Assessing Gen Ed Components Which Use Service-Learning Pedagogy, Julia Van Der Ryn
Julia van der Ryn
No abstract provided.
Service-Learning Assessment: Engaging Faculty In A Critical And Creative Process, Julia Van Der Ryn
Service-Learning Assessment: Engaging Faculty In A Critical And Creative Process, Julia Van Der Ryn
Julia van der Ryn
No abstract provided.
Assessment As Critical And Creative Engagement: A Service-Learning Model For Meaningful Growth Of Pedagogy And Program, Julia Van Der Ryn, Thomas Burke
Assessment As Critical And Creative Engagement: A Service-Learning Model For Meaningful Growth Of Pedagogy And Program, Julia Van Der Ryn, Thomas Burke
Julia van der Ryn
No abstract provided.
An Evolving Service-Learning Model Of Critical Engagement For The Assessment-Phobic: Striving Towards Meaningful Growth Of Pedagogy And Program, Julia Van Der Ryn, Thomas Burke
An Evolving Service-Learning Model Of Critical Engagement For The Assessment-Phobic: Striving Towards Meaningful Growth Of Pedagogy And Program, Julia Van Der Ryn, Thomas Burke
Julia van der Ryn
No abstract provided.