"Into the space of being a sociologist": Student, community partner, and faculty experiences of community-engaged learning

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2024

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Kroeker, Alexandra

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This study explores the experiences of undergraduate students, community partners, and faculty in one Community-Engaged Learning (CEL) course. Building on the work of previous CEL scholarship, data was collected across the eight-month course using mixed methods (including surveys, focus groups, interviews, content analysis, and observations) in order to answer the research questions: What are the primary benefits and challenges to students, community partners, and instructor in one undergraduate community-engaged learning course? In what ways do their experiences (benefits and challenges) intersect? The findings demonstrate that while stakeholders experience differing benefits and challenges due to their context-specific perspectives, they also share key benefits and challenges which underscore the transformative potential of CEL.

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Community-engaged learning, Sociology, Experiental learning, Undergraduate education

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