Community-Based Learning: A Primer

Community-Based Learning: A Primer

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Employers are increasingly demanding graduates Bosch DWK67EM60B Serie 2 Built In 60cm 3 Speeds B Chimney Cooker Hood Black with industry-ready communication, leadership, emotional intelligence and social ethics skills.Community-based learning (CBL) is a pedagogical approach which has tremendous potential to produce graduates with these attributes.However, for many early-career lecturers, distilling the insights from the teaching and learning literature, and then producing a well-designed CBL module, can be an intimidating task.

What is missing is a primer which presents the core ideas of CBL in a way that is independent of subject-specific jargon.Ideally, this primer should provide the reader with the means of either drafting an initial project plan or, at the very PWR REC Loveseat/CON/ADJ HDRST least, knowing where to go to look for more answers.This article aims to meet this gap.

The success of a CBL experience relies on considering a number of factors: thorough planning, critical reflection, effective project management, assessment and effective evaluation of the project.We provide the reader with the means of getting started and highlight the unique management aspects of a CBL project.We discuss the challenges that arise as a result of the interaction of many different parties.

Finally, we explore available CBL assessment strategies and provide a roadmap for implementing CBL which integrates these issues.