ERIC Number: EJ1120322
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-2159-9823
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Engaging Sharp-Leadenhall: An Interdisciplinary Faculty Collaboration in Service-Learning
Falk, Audrey; Durington, Matthew; Lankford, Elsa
Journal of Public Scholarship in Higher Education, v2 p31-46 2012
This article reports on an interdisciplinary collaboration in the context of service-learning. Faculty members from the disciplines of family studies, anthropology, and media production worked collaboratively to develop and implement service-learning projects involving their classes and Sharp-Leadenhall, one of the oldest historically African-American communities in Baltimore City, Maryland. The authors argue that collaborative, interdisciplinary service-learning can respond to complex, real-world problems more fully than can be achieved through single-course, single-discipline service-learning. Additionally, this approach to service-learning provides faculty an opportunity to model interdisciplinary inquiry for students.
Descriptors: College Faculty, Service Learning, Interdisciplinary Approach, African American Community, Anthropology, Inquiry, College Students, Teacher Collaboration, Outcomes of Education, Course Descriptions
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Maryland (Baltimore)
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