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Global Interdependence Toolkit
How are we interdependent, and how might we grapple with that? The Global Interdependence Toolkit is an online inquiry and action toolkit, that supports educators and communities in their exploration of history, structural violence, ecology, local community organizations and actions, and intergovernmental organizations and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. This open educational resource is portable to a variety of contexts, ages, and experiences.
Syllabi
This Global Service-Learning syllabus has been used by numerous institutions and faculty members interested in working from a template to offer a systematic, rigorous, academic space for structured thinking and reflection related to a global service-learning experience. It was originally developed by faculty and staff members cooperating through Amizade Global Service-Learning.
International and Community Development in Tanzania offers one example of an application of the above template to a 6-credit, summer course experience.
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Facilitating Reflection
Reflection is central to service-learning done well. It advances intercultural understanding and cross-cultural communication skills. It is the key component in deliberately fostering a global perspective. It is, in short, the foundation for learning deeply about self, others, values, and academic content.
Syllabi
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Model Syllabi and Syllabi Templates
Syllabi that prepare students before off-campus learning, or support their thinking and analysis during off-campus learning experiences:
This Global Service-Learning syllabus has been used by numerous institutions and faculty members interested in working from a template to offer a systematic, rigorous, academic space for structured thinking and reflection related to a global service-learning experience. It was originally developed by faculty and staff members cooperating through Amizade Global Service-Learning.
International and Community Development in Tanzania offers one example of an application of the above template to a 6-credit, summer course experience.
Stanford University’s Bing Overseas Study Programme in Capetown offers students several different curricular options, including:
Service, Citizenship and Social Change: Service-Learning in the South African Context, a 5-unit course offered during the Winter 2014 quarter, and
Targeted Research in Community Health and Development, a 3-unit experience offered during Spring 2014.
Northwestern University’s Global Engagement Studies Institute shares syllabi for Doing the Theory and Practice of Community Engagement and Development in the Global Context.
Syllabi that support students’ continued analysis and reconnection following immersive learning experiences:
Through the Haverford College Center for Peace and Global Citizenship Fellowship Program, students consider the historical and structural determinants of the issues they addressed during their internships. Faculty are assessing student learning, internship-related insights, and concerns in repeated assignments and class discussions. Three re-entry course syllabi examples are here:
