的服务培训

What is 的服务培训?

WGSS students and community having an outdoor picnic

服务-learning is a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with central course themes in ways that promote reflection, teach civic responsibility, strengthen communities. Courses that promote service-learning combine the process of gaining knowledge with direct involvement in community-based research projects, usually centered on social justice. Through this intentional integration of university learning environments with community-based initiatives, service-learning shapes both students and communities in a variety of contexts. 例如, our department works directly with the Hampton Roads refugee center to link global migration to the needs of new Americans transitioning from regions of severe conflict and environmental disasters. By eng老化 in service-learning at either the local or global level, students are able to greatly expand their academic inquiry, providing new ways of understanding and a journey of discovery not found in a traditional setting. 同时, communities and organizations benefit from this extensive reciprocal connection with student researchers and professionals in training. In addition to local organizations, the 女性's and 性别研究 department has designed graduate and undergraduate immersion courses in Senegal, 南非, 卢旺达, 海地, 和尼泊尔. We are committed to getting students into the world, whether that be right outside the university's perimeters or across the globe. Our Friends of 女性's and 性别研究 organization directly supports the costs of service-learning for both undergraduate and graduate students.

社区 Engagement Across Fields

Our students have worked directly with a range of projects, both locally and internationally, to take their knowledge into community initiatives that support social justice, 平等, 教育, 和赋权.

In our refugee studies class, students work with our local refugee organization to support the transition of new Americans from over 12 countries through language training, 教育支持, 家庭辅导, employment preparation.

Our community research has reached out to elders in Hampton Roads, to explore the critical links among women, 老化, 护理劳动.

In 南非 and 卢旺达, students who joined our service-learning courses worked directly with migrant populations through organizational affiliates of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). 例如, alongside colleagues in Cape Town's Agency for Refugee Education and 服务 Advocacy (ARESTA), 我们的毕业, Dr. Erika Frydenlund, published this study of the citizenship policy protections for the unborn children of refugees who entered 南非 in a issue of Buwa!.

In Hampton Roads, we connect students to local organizations and initiatives, including the 女青年会, Virginia League for Planned Parenthood, 为孩子们, 获取艾滋病, 奔跑中的女孩. 纵观我们的学生, 教师, Friends of 女性's and 性别研究 circles, we continue to connect learning within listening and promoting the livelihoods of our wider communities.

 

我们的教学实践

Refugee Studies 研究: 学习 by helping

Refugee Studies 研究, originated with two questions: How might ODU students help refugees in Hampton Roads — and could that experience deepen their own 教育?

Ruth Osorio, Assistant Professor in ODU's 女性’s Studies De

ODU Students Create Online Map that Highlights Virginia 女性’s STEM Contributions

 

A group of bet8体育娱乐入口 students has collaborated to map Virginia's women in STEM, creating an online resource to track the commonwealth's impacts.