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Curriculum ResourcesCommunity-Based LearningCommunity-Based Learning (CBL) is a pedagogy that links necessary work conducted in community contexts to academic study in a rigorous, intentional, and meaningful fashion. It heightens the relevance of academic subjects by directly linking classroom learning to experiences in communities which may be defined by geography, affinity, or organization. Examples include: service learning; community-based research; community-based planning and design; community-based performance, and other artistic initiatives. This pedagogy is designed to foster civic responsibility and dialogue, encourage personal growth and critical reflection, create relationships across difference, and enhance academic learning for college students. CBL must always benefit community members and organizations in a spirit of mutual partnership. (Adapted from AAHE materials 1993) Any student enrolled to take classes at Temple University can take a CBL class. CBL classes should not take any more time than other classes offered at Temple. However, just as in a non-CBL class, you may have to spend time outside of designated class hours devoted to reading and studying. The specific amount of time spent participating in the CBL portion of the course varies from organization to organization and from class to class. Please check with your department and/or Advising Office for CBL courses offered every semester. Link to Temple University Faculty Senate Community-Based Learning Committee College of Liberal Arts Center for Internships and Career Development: Community-Based Learning and Volunteering International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education From the October 29, 2007 PHENND Newsletter: National Service-Learning Clearinghouse Website Now you can more easily locate full-text documents available from Learn and Serve America's National Service-Learning Clearinghouse Library. New links take you to collections of full-text articles, tool kits, and Powerpoint presentations and our new e-Library search makes it easier to find other materials in our Library catalog that you can print and use immediately.
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