Teaching and Learning Institute
Teaching for Civic Learning and Engagement
10th Annual Teaching and Learning Institute
Longwood University
8:30am-5:30pm, May 9, 2023
Blackwell Ballroom, Rotunda Hall
Registration NOW OPEN @ https://forms.gle/MVqBwqfD1XpLgMvh9
The Center for Faculty Enrichment (CAFE) and the Civitae Core Curriculum Committee invite ALL faculty and staff to a full-day workshop focused on best practices for developing students into engaged members of the community. Beginning with the keynote address, participants will be invited to co-create a definition of civic learning that will be used as a framework for future discussions. Following the keynote, participants will choose concurrent sessions to attend and learn more about key concepts and skills related to teaching civic engagement. For faculty specifically engaged in the teaching of Longwood’s signature core curriculum program, Civitae, there will be opportunities to meet and discuss assessment and professional development pertinent to their courses.
By the end of this workshop, all participants should be able to:
- define civic engagement and civic learning in an academic context
- apply civic learning concepts to specific activities, assignments, and/or classes,
- describe how pedagogical approaches such as critical reflection and experiential learning can provide students with the tools to become effective, contributing members of their communities
- communicate civic responsibility to multiple audiences, especially students.
Here’s a sneak peek at the session options for all attendees.
Civic Learning through Experiential Learning
Navigating Self & Community
Civic Responsibility in the Age of AI
Critical Reflection in Experiential Learning
Collaborative Learning
Equitable Assignment Design
Keynote Address: Exploring Civic Engagement and Civic Learning
Dr. Patti Clayton
Our overarching learning goal for the day is that we will all become better able to conceptualize civic engagement and civic learning. The keynote address will launch us in this direction by exploring a variety of ways these two terms have been understood, examined, and enacted. With particular emphasis on the framework of democratic civic engagement (which emphasizes co-creation and power sharing among all participants) as it emerges in community engaged learning and scholarship, Patti will also set us up to think about a wide range of civic learning goals and associated teaching and learning processes.
Dr. Clayton serves as Senior Scholar at UNC Greensboro and as Practitioner-Scholar in Residence with North Carolina Campus Engagement. In all aspects of her work she seeks to support intellectual, personal, and civic development through co-creating mentoring communities grounded in reflective practice, leadership, and scholarship. Beyond community-engaged teaching, learning, and scholarship, her academic interests include environmental philosophy and environmental studies, leadership development, and the history and philosophy of science. She earned her Ph.D. (1995) and M.S. (1992) from the Curriculum in Ecology at UNC-Chapel Hill.