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The Sustaining Possibilities Of Service-Learning Engagements, Carla Nelsona, Dana Antaya-Mooreb, Ken Badley, Wendy Colemand
The Sustaining Possibilities Of Service-Learning Engagements, Carla Nelsona, Dana Antaya-Mooreb, Ken Badley, Wendy Colemand
Faculty Publications - College of Education
In this article, we explore two possibilities which arise from service-learning engagements, both from a narrative perspective. First, we consider the possibility that service-learning may be a sustaining experience for in-service teachers. And, second, we suggest that intentional inquiry into this experience for in-service teachers may foster the experience of sustaining themselves and of being sustained in their professional and personal lives. Through storying and re-storying our experiences during a service-learning engagement in Kenya over seven years ago and through storying the reverberations of these experiences in the intervening seven-plus years, we suggest that when attended to narratively, the interactions …
Steps For Prioritizing Academic Advising: A Small-School Case Study, Chris Koch, Kristina M. Kays
Steps For Prioritizing Academic Advising: A Small-School Case Study, Chris Koch, Kristina M. Kays
Faculty Publications - Psychology Department
This paper presents a case study of the steps taken to prioritize academic advising at a small, four-year, liberal arts university. Assessment data from several sources and an advising task force shaped the plan for changing the importance and culture of academic advising within the institution.