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Category Archives: Civic Engagement
BCC Partners with Pittsfield Promise to Kick Off Civic Engagement focus
Berkshire Community College’s Service Learning Office, as part of Vision-supported initiatives for 2012-13, has begun a Civic Education project focused on Asset Based Community Development. This project will partner a group of BCC faculty with volunteers from the United Way/Berkshire … Continue reading
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More on Asset Mapping
In this Best Practices Brief from Michigan State University, you can learn more about asset mapping and some of the variations and applications of the concept: http://outreach.msu.edu/bpbriefs/issues/brief4.pdf
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Asset Mapping as a Civic Engagement Strategy
In the LEAP Civic Engagement rubric, we find wording in the framing language as follows: (http://leap.aacu.org/toolkit/learning-outcomes-assessment/2010/value-rubrics-for-assessing-learning) The student creates and manages a service program that engages others (such as youth or members of a neighborhood) in learning about and taking … Continue reading
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BCC Hosts “Learning for the Common Good” Workshop, Apr 24, to explore Civic Engagement
Learning for the Common Good: Using Service Learning to Promote Civic Engagement Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 1:30-4:00 PM Center for Teaching & Learning, Koussevitzky Room 210 Workshop Presenters: Barbara Canyes, Executive Director, MACC; Karen Chisholm, MACC AmeriCorps*VISTA Director and Jeremy … Continue reading
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