College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences

CLASS Service Learning

Dr. Ken Hansen
Service Learning Coordinator
(909) 869-4638
kahansen@csupomona.edu

“We call on our colleagues and universities to recognize their unique responsibilities to and opportunities in their communities, regions, and the larger global society by affirming that teaching is a moral vocation, scholarship is a public trust, and public service is a major institutional obligation”

(The Glion Declaration : The University at the Millennium, 1998).

What is Service Learning?

Rooted in constructivism and experiential educational activities, service learning is a powerful teaching strategy that has the potential to enhance students’ learning of academic content. Service learning is a course-based educational experience in which students are engaged in an organized service activity that meets an identified community need. Students reflect critically on the activity of service in order to develop a richer understanding of course content and an enhanced sense of civic responsibility.

Service Learning and CLASS

In recent years, universities across America have been criticized for an apparent indifference to the pressing needs of the local community. Many institutions of higher education have acknowledged such criticisms and have attempted to generate links to the community through the development of university / community partnerships. One such strategy for addressing the needs of the community, particularly within the past decade, has been through service learning.

As explained in our university mission statement “ Cal Poly Pomona’s mission is to advance learning and knowledge by linking theory and practice in all disciplines…” Service learning is a type of pedagogy that can assist faculty and students in beginning to bridge the gap between theory and practice.

With the diversity of academic disciplines within CLASS, many opportunities for service learning exist. Together we can make a profound difference within our community.

How CLASS has engaged in service learning?

Courses in CLASS offered with a service learning “S” designation.

ANT 397 – Cultural Resource Management
BHS 426 – Senior Project – Program Evaluation
EC 499 – The Economics of Community Action
EC 654 – International Finance
GEO 351 – Geography of California
MPA 600 – Integration of Theories, Methods and Practices
PHIL 483 – Philosophy of Science
PSY 425 – Community Psychology
TH 499 – Peer Theatre

Other Service Learning Courses offered by CLASS

COM 414 – Public Relations Management
ENG 096 – Basic Communication Skills
ENG 432 – Professional Editing
ENG 465 – Assessment Seminar
ENG 499 – Special Topics (Production of Pomona Valley Review)
HST 299 – Field training for Potential Teachers
HST 400 – National Model United Nations
KIN 206 – Introduction to Adapted physical Education
KIN 208 – Introduction to Pedagogy Theory
KIN 280 – Health Promotion and Health Education
KIN 401 / 401A – Motor Assessment for Individuals with

Disabilities

KIN 405 / 405A – Adapted Physical Education Fieldwork
KIN 406 / 406A – Physical Education for Physically and Health

Impaired

KIN 410 / 410A – Physical Education for Individuals with Severe

Disabilities

KIN 480 – Health Program Planning and Evaluation
KIN 575 / 575A – Motor Practicum for Children with Disabilities
PHL 206 – Philosophy through Children’s Literature
PLS 201 – Introduction to American Government
PLS 416 – Public Organizations
SOC 301 – Contemporary Social Problems

Workshops and Conferences

16th Annual National Service-Learning Conference: Educating for Change
March 17 th - March 19 th 2005

https://programs.regweb.com/metro/nylc/?null=1098484950468

Collaboration for Change Transforming Knowledge into Action

May 12 th and 13 th 2005

Important Dates

Deadlines for submitting a course with an “S” designation:

	To Department	To Dean	To C-CSL
Fall Courses	July 5 th	July 12 th	July 15 th
Winter Courses	October 4 th	October 11 th	October 15 th
Spring Courses	January 5 th	January 10 th	January 14 th
Summer Courses	April 6 th	April 11 th	April 15 th

Useful Links

Center for Community Service Learning:

http://academic.csupomona.edu/ccsl

This link will take you directly to the homepage for Cal Poly Pomona’s Center for Community Service Learning

National Service Learning Clearinghouse:

http://www.servicelearning.org

The Learn and Serve America National Service-Learning Clearinghouse (NSLC) supports the service-learning community in higher education, kindergarten through grade twelve, community-based initiatives and tribal programs, as well as all others interested in strengthening schools and communities using service-learning techniques and methodologies.

Campus Compact:

http://www.compact.org/

A national coalition of more than 950 college and university presidents committed to the civic purposes of higher education. This site contains many useful strategies for the implementation of service learning including actual course syllabi from nearly every academic discipline.

Cal Poly Pomona Downtown Center :

http://www.class.csupomona.edu/Organizations/downtowncenter/index.html

The Cal Poly Pomona Downtown Center exists to serve the Pomona community and to be a center of service learning and outreach for the student, faculty, and staff of the university. The Cal Poly Pomona Downtown Center's purpose is to provide a forum for the university to bring education and applied knowledge to downtown Pomona, thereby contributing to the economic revitalization of the city.