Course ID: | ALDR 3800S. 1 hour. |
Course Title: | Scotland Service-Learning Project: Addressing Food Insecurity Issues |
Course Description: | This study abroad program explores and builds sustainable,
service-learning projects that focus on food insecurity issues
in the communities surrounding the campuses of the University of
Georgia and the University of Glasgow-Dumfries, Scotland, and
provides a cadre of experiential learning experiences. |
Oasis Title: | Scotland Service-Learning |
Nontraditional Format: | Course includes a service-learning project during the semester
that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course
or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course
objectives. Students will be involved in the planning and
implementation of the project(s) and may spend time outside of
the classroom. Students will be engaged in the service-learning
component for approximately 25-50% of overall instructional
time. |
Semester Course Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | 1. Apply leadership and educational theory and practice in a
volunteer/service capacity;
2. Orchestrate service learning projects in the U.S. and
Scotland that focus on food insecurity issues;
3. Construct and implement a needs assessment project in
Scotland;
4. Describe the many facets of building, implementing, and
evaluating an international service-related project;
5. Apply personal leadership skills to solving community
problems; and
6. Identify how culture impacts volunteerism. |
Topical Outline: | Week Student Learning Experiences
1 Welcome to class, our journey together, program
development 101, programs vs. activities
2 Case study in existing programs and activities on food
production and food insecurity; what are the common program
ingredients?
3 Needs assessment, cameras, it takes more than one
camera to describe a program landscape (program planning)
4 Virtual visit with our University of Glasgow, Dumfries
partners (Part 1), discussion of landscapes to consider
photographing needs of abroad
5 Developing program objectives based on needs we
discover, using a logic model as a road map to plan a program
6 Virtual visit with our University of Glasgow, Dumfries
partners (Part 2), discussion of observed needs regarding food
production and insecurity
7 Developing activities to meet program objectives,
developing activity objectives to guide our teaching (program
implementation)
8 Virtual visit with our University of Glasgow, Dumfries
partners (Part 3), volunteer development 101 domestically and
abroad
9 Final trip preparations, reflecting on our experiences
using a Reflective Field Journal, need photographs we will
take
(program evaluation)
TRIP - SPRING BREAK TRIP TO UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW
10 What did you think? Reflecting on our trip, methods
for encouraging permanent behavior change so that our work
sticks
11 Comparing food production and insecurity issues abroad
with those in the United States revisiting our case study from
earlier this semester
12 Sharing our story with others, techniques for sharing
successes and set-backs using publications, presentations, and
posters (accountability)
13 Virtual visit with our University of Glasgow, Dumfries
partners (Part 4), comparing needs (pre-data) with outputs and
outcomes (post-data)
14 Where do we go from here? Reflections on needs
measured, teaching methods during our trip, and the
impressions of the Dumfries community, avenues for future
research
15 Final preparations for the Poster Symposium/Success
Story Sharing, final reflections on this experience together |
Honor Code Reference: | I will be academically honest in all of my academic work and
will not tolerate academic dishonesty of others." A Culture of
Honesty, the University's policy and procedures for handling
cases of suspected dishonesty, can be found at www.uga.edu/ovpi. |