| dc.creator |
Poehnert, Jeremy |
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| dc.date |
2012-08-31T07:00:00Z |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2015-07-21T10:34:04Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2015-07-21T10:34:04Z |
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| dc.identifier |
http://scholarworks.umb.edu/cct_capstone/239 |
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| dc.identifier |
http://scholarworks.umb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1238&context=cct_capstone |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/24333 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://scholarworks.umb.edu/cct_capstone/239 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://scholarworks.umb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1238&context=cct_capstone |
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| dc.description |
My experience as an undergraduate college student was marked by many challenges. A constant source of support throughout that time was my participation in cocurricular community service activities – without those experiences I would never have completed my degree. After graduating I pursued a career in which I could continue my involvement with such programs, which, for the purposes of this paper, I will refer to as higher education civic engagement (HECE). There has been one issue that I have been particularly drawn to in HECE work — how to maximize what students learn when they participate in cocurricular civic engagement activities. Finding strategic and effective ways to support student learning outcomes from such experiences is challenging for a number of reasons. This paper begins with a reflection on how the Critical and Creative Thinking (CCT) program has contributed both to my personal development and to this project specifically. I then review the challenges HECE programs face in promoting student learning, followed by a review of best practices for cocurricular and civic engagement programs. I then offer four frameworks for conceptualizing student learning in HECE programs. Next is the core of this synthesis, a planning model that programs can use to strategically support and track student learning, adapted from the Service-Learning Course Design Workbook edited by Jeffrey Howard. Finally, I conclude by reflecting on this synthesis as a whole and considering possible follow-up steps to this project. |
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| dc.format |
application/pdf |
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| dc.publisher |
ScholarWorks at UMass Boston |
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| dc.source |
Critical and Creative Thinking Capstones Collection |
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| dc.subject |
Higher Education |
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| dc.subject |
Higher Education and Teaching |
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| dc.title |
Maximizing the Learning Outcomes of Cocurricular Civic Engagement in Higher Education |
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| dc.type |
Thesis |
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