ERIC Number: EJ1323266
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 16
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"Plan for the Worst, Hope for the Best, but Realistically, Expect a Combination of Both": Lessons and Best Practices Emerging from Community-Engaged Teaching during a Health Crisis
Mejia, Angie
Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, v25 n3 p35-50 2021
This article outlines a framework that I implemented when delivering a community-engaged course during the earlier days of COVID-19. I argue that these guiding principles--centering the community partners' needs, assessing and remaining flexible to students' circumstances, and cautiously mapping and selectively using institutional resources to deliver the course--allowed me to provide a community-engaged experience to undergraduate students despite pandemic restrictions. At the same time, I ensured that the intersectional feminist and critical ethos of the class was not compromised and that the commitment to the community partners' sustainability was not cast aside. Additionally, I share two detailed exemplars of community-based learning projects highlighting the possibilities, challenges, and limitations when applying this framework. I close this piece with several points of departure to stimulate future conversation among educators, researchers, and practitioners on the role of community-based service-learning during times of societal crisis.
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, COVID-19, Pandemics, Service Learning, Distance Education, Undergraduate Students, Educational Change, Best Practices, Active Learning, Student Projects, Minority Group Teachers, College Faculty
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Minnesota
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