ERIC Number: EJ1314073
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-1534-6102
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The Environment Corps: Combining Classroom Instruction, Service-Learning, and Extension Outreach to Create a New Model of Community Engaged Scholarship at the University of Connecticut
Arnold, Chester; Barrett, Juliana; Campbell, Todd; Chrysochoou, Maria; Bompoti, Nefeli
Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, v25 n2 p215-231 2021
An extensive faculty partnership at the University of Connecticut (UConn) that reaches across college and departmental lines is engaged in a project that seeks to enhance, expand, institutionalize, and study a new model for community engagement. The model, called the Environment Corps (E-Corps), combines the familiar elements of classroom instruction, service-learning, and extension outreach to create a method of engagement that aims to benefit students, faculty, surrounding communities, and the university community itself. This article describes the structure and history of E-Corps; details the institutional setting, faculty partnerships, and pedagogical strategies involved; and discusses early evidence of impacts and future prospects.
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, College Faculty, School Community Programs, Outreach Programs, Partnerships in Education, Service Learning, Extension Education, Environmental Education, Ecology, Conservation (Environment), Climate, College Students, Student Projects, Training, Community Involvement, Teaching Methods, Sustainability
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Identifiers - Location: Connecticut
Grant or Contract Numbers: 1915100
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