Civic Learning: FLC Application Form 2013

This FLC will investigate pedagogies of civic learning that help students to develop knowledge, skills and values essential for developing civic identity and engagement.

Eligible applications are limited to 8 faculty. Per ITL guidelines, preference for 4 of the 8 faculty will go to those in STEM. Qualified applicants must be able to make all meetings, and will be open to new discovery in their own teaching and learning, willing to experiment and share new approaches with like-minded colleagues.

Application is due Monday, January 28, 2013.

1. Name, Rank, and Department

2. Email address: *This question is required. This question requires a valid email address.

3. 3. Name any classes taught in the past 3 years that could be revised to include civic learning pedagogies, content, outcomes or assignments. Please include the average number of students per class. *This question is required.

4. Please indicate your specific reasons for applying to join this Faculty Learning Community. What do you hope to achieve? What concerns do you have about using a civic learning approach in a course you teach? *This question is required.

I agree to the following terms:

I commit to attend the Opening Event on Friday, February 15, 2013, as well as nine (9) additional meetings to be held on Fridays, from 10:00 am to Noon on the following dates: 3/15; 4/19; 5/17; 6/7; 9/13; 10/18;11/29. There will also be an additional meeting, a presentation to the Academic Senate. The closing retreat will be held on December 6, 2013.

Mandatory attendance is mandatory. I understand that if I miss more than one meeting I am subject to disqualification from the FLC.

I will have one deliverable: either a well-defined plan for embedding community engagement in my discipline, a draft of a manuscript for publication, or a research project/student outcome assessment project relevant to a course I teach

I will have an opportunity to present my individual project to the CSULA campus community.

*This question is required.

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Civic Learning: FLC Application Form 2013

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