Assessing the Student, Faculty, and Community Partners in Academic Service-Leraning: A Categorization of Surveys Posted Online at Campus Compact Member Institutions
Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: Service-learning is an instructional strategy used by faculty at hundreds of institutions, including those that are members of Campus Compact, an organization committed to service-learning and community/civic engagement. For this study, researchers examined a variety of online survey assessment tools used in service-learning projects. The study’s purpose is to demonstrate what questions, concepts, and categories are currently being utilized for evaluation of (1) students, (2) fac-ulty, and (3) community partners from 121 Campus Compact member institutions, using Gelmon, Holland, Driscoll, Spring, and Kerrigan’s (2001) taxonomy. Six unique concepts emerged from the study that diverged from Gelmon et al.’s taxonomy. This research provides a survey tool that is readily accessible for edu-cators ’ use when constructing service-learning assessment. The article concludes with recommendations to educators for use of assessment surveys. IntroductionI n concert with community engagement, service-learning as an educational discipline has grown extensively in the past 20 years, supported by Campus Compact, a “national coalition of more than 1,100 college and university presidents representing some six million students who are committed to fulfilling the civic purposes of higher education ” (Campus Compact, 2011a). The presi-
Authors: Susan Waters, Karen Anderson-Lain
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1490125959