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RESOURCES FOR PROJECT-BASED COMMUNITY-ENGAGED LEARNING

2/5/2019

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Sample student projects

Food Insecurity at Minnesota State University Mankato
Class size: Medium sized class (about 17 students), face to face
​Community engagement: Existing study community (college campus) with low investment/ collaboration from community partner
Team Size: 4 teams of 4 all working on different aspects of one project

Racial Justice Study: An Examination of Ticket Citations in the City of Mankato, Minnesota
Class size: Small class (9 students), face to face
​Community engagement: high investment investment
Team Size:  3 students. There were 3 teams of 3-4 all working on different projects with a different partners in the class
All project form this semester are available here: https://studentshowcaseblog.wordpress.com/2016/12/04/applied-sociology-fall-2014/studentshowcaseblog.wordpress.com/2016/12/04/applied-sociology-fall-2014/   

​Social ActionProjects, Spring 2018
Class size: Medium (about 20 students), face to face
​Community engagement: Utilized students’ existing community relationships
Team Size: 6 teams of about 4 students each, all working on different projects.

Sample student project guidebooks 

Social Change in the 21st Century, Social Change Projects, Spring 2018 
Sociology in Action, Food Insecurity at Minnesota State Mankato, Spring 2018

Contracts: Templates & Examples

TEMPLATE: Team Contracts for student work
EXAMPLE: Community partner agreement

Public engagement 

Community engagement is not always possible due to time, class size, or institution and community support. You can still motivate your students by building in real world assignments and small projects. Here are some ideas as well as examples from my classes:

Semester long service learning:
Instead of one-time service learning have the students identify (or identify for them) an organization that they can do work for throughout the semester.  Worried about having them use organizational time? Have them go to already established volunteer events and do the rest of their service learning in the background. They can do things like make social media posts, write an op ed, do a literature review, search for grants, etc. At the end of the semester they can "offer" these things to the organization to do with what they want--or you can have all students work in the background with one organization and you can offer the very best of what your students collaboratively created. 

Websites
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Class website example
Society and Animals: aboutanimalsbyanimals.weebly.com
This is a lower division writing intensive class, so I teach public writing that gets posted on a public website. This website is live, and as more classes have contributed I get more choosy about the guidelines for which get posted online. The best articles from past semesters get used to teach content in the class as well as writing a couple times during the semester, which motivates students since they see a direct outcome of a good article. 

Final project website example
Student Showcase blog: studentshowcaseblog.wordpress.com 
I also keep a website of any final project or class exercises that I can imagine students wanting to share with family, friends, or on social media. It is low stakes, and may not motivate all students. However, it will motivate some students and help them start conversations about the class content even after the course is over. 
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Resources for vistas 2018 Food insecurity & Action research

12/13/2018

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Research Resource List

GENERAL RESOURCES

MSU FI STUDY
https://studentshowcaseblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/full-report-final.pdf

This is a useful resource as an example of an action research project on Food Insecurity. In addition, there is a full appendix available. The appendix provides samples of:
  • IRB application
  • Consent forms
  • Survey instrument
  • Interview Guide
  • Resource map/list
  • Outreach campaign posters and pamphlets
 
Please use these materials as needed. Provide credit where appropriate. 
Annotated bibliographies of the literature cited in the study is available upon request. 
 
COMMUNITY TOOLBOX
This site has many useful resources. One pertaining specifically to research can be found here: https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/assessment/assessing-community-needs-and-resources
 
ACTION RESEARCH - Readings
Guiding School Improvement with Action Research by Richard Sagor  http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/100047/chapters/What-Is-Action-Research¢.aspx
 
Smith, M. K. (1996; 2001, 2007) ‘Action research’, the encyclopedia of informal education. [http://infed.org/mobi/action-research/
 
Action research in health settings- some examples:  
https://www.who.int/alliance-hpsr/resources/alliancehpsr_hpsrreaderpart4_7.pdf 
 
TEAMWORK- Activities
Sample Icebreaker and assets activities
Team contract template
 
 
RESEARCH METHODS
Surveys
Chapter:“Survey Research,” https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/assessment/assessing-community-needs-and-resources/conduct-surveys/main

“Cheat sheet” sheet on questionnaire construction www.cheatography.com/2754/cs/4948/  
 
See MSU FI study, Appendix A (pp.52-62) for survey
 
 
Interviews
Video: How to Do a Research Interview by Graham Gibbs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t-_hYjAKww
 
See MSU FI study, Appendix C (pp. 63-66) for interview guide
 
Resource Assessment
 
Mapping community assets
https://resources.depaul.edu/abcd-institute/resources/Documents/DorfmanMappingCommunityAssetsWorkBook.pdf
 
Identifying community assets: https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/assessment/assessing-community-needs-and-resources/identify-community-assets/main
 
SWOT analyses https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/assessment/assessing-community-needs-and-resources/swot-analysis/main
 
 
MEASURING FOOD INSECURITY 
*Be sure you read these before beginning any study on FI
 
USDA. Food Security in the US: Measurement
https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/food-security-in-the-us/measurement.aspx
 
Measurement details of the 10-item scale: https://www.ers.usda.gov/media/8271/hh2012.pdf


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