2. Why Service-Learning
Multiple-Level Engagement
Advocacy Students present findings to School Board
Forum Organize public forum on school lunch
Issue Brief School lunch programs, farm-to-school, obesity
Research Evaluate student attitudes toward nutrition
Training Workshops for new Board & Staff
Summer Manage summer program & plan for Fall
Team Help expand to other Schools in District
Regular Coach students in School Garden Club
1x Plant School Garden for Orientation Service
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4. Community-Based Research:
What is it?
A collaborative, participatory research process that
embraces:
• Research
- Community agencies have information needs
- Campus partners have research tools and resources
• Education
- Community members have valuable local knowledge & experience
- Campus partners have theoretical and technical knowledge
• Action
- Build organizational and community capacity
- Effect policy change
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5. Community-Based Research:
Source of Questions
Plan Decide
• Needs & Asset • Model Programs
Assessment • Policy Options
• Issue Analysis • Resources
Evaluate Implement
• Program Evaluation
direct service
• On-Going Data
Collection or advocacy
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6. Community-Based Research:
Principles of Practice
• Research need(s) defined by community
• Research is action-oriented
• All stages of process involve all partners
equitably (faculty, students, and community)
• Strengths and knowledge of all partners
appreciated and utilized
• Findings disseminated in accessible way
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7. Community-Based Research:
Why do it?
• Complex social problems ill-suited to “outside
expert” research alone
• Impact community capacity
• Build long-term relationship with community
partners
• Effective method of teaching and learning for all
participants
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8. Community-Based Research:
Example — Elijiah’s Promise
• Beginning: traditional soup kitchen placement
• Later:
- survey of client identified need for bag lunches
- community asset mapping project to identify local food distributors
- researched model programs
- implemented new bag lunch program
• Current:
- examine nutritional value of menu
- overhauled menu to include more fresh fruits & vegetables
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9. Community-Based Research:
What does it take?
• Time
• Long-term vision
• Communication
• Flexibility
• Willingness to develop research process with
community input
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