{"id":7915,"date":"2021-12-09T14:08:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T17:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uniservitate.org\/?p=7915"},"modified":"2021-12-09T16:57:44","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T19:57:44","slug":"service-learning-conference-learning-by-serving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/membresias.uniservitate.org\/en\/service-learning-conference-learning-by-serving\/","title":{"rendered":"Service-Learning Conference: \u2018Learning by Serving\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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185 participants – 9 countries – 1 mission: \u2018Learning by Serving\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Answering this appealing and equally strong call, interested people from all over the world gathered under the leadership and organization of the Catholic University of Eichst\u00e4tt-Ingolstadt (KU) and the Catholic University of Lublin, Poland (KUL) on 25th<\/sup> and 26th<\/sup> November 2021, via Zoom, to jointly deepen the concept of \u2018Service-Learning in Catholic Higher Education.\u2019<\/p>\n

Valuable practical experiences produced impressive research results and provided the ideal space to share and discuss knowledge from academic and community engagement views. \u2018Service-Learning\u2019 is an instrument of the global UNISERVITATE programme, which aims to carry the vision of integral education out into the world.<\/p>\n

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Therefore, \u2018Service-Learning\u2019 combines academic know-how (learning) with civic engagement (service), which the Catholic University of Eichst\u00e4tt-Ingolstadt (KU) has been working to institutionalize on a large scale since 2013. In close cooperation with non-profit partners from the region, meaningful projects are developed, addressing a specific need of the community.<\/p>\n

“We cannot change the world if we do not change education.”<\/strong> Pope Francis, SCHOLAS Conference, 5th<\/sup> February, 2015.<\/p>\n

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Interactive workout sessions allowed all participants of the two-day online workshop to share their knowledge and experiences regarding institutionalized community engagement. High-level experts in the \u2018Service Learning\u2019 field such as Andrew Furco (University of Minnesota, USA) and Mar\u00eda Rosa Tapia (CLAYSS, Argentina), enriched the conference with their scientific expertise. Vice President of the Catholic University of Eichst\u00e4tt-Ingolstadt (KU), Prof. Dr. Klaus St\u00fcwe, explained the necessity and influence of an engaged university and the immense added value of \u2018Service Learning\u2019 for students, partners and educators. In addition Dr. Ulrike Brok (KU), Kris Holler (KU), Jan Kaminski (KUL), Mariusz Wo\u0142o\u0144ciej (KUL), Ma\u0142gorzata \u0141ysiak (KUL) and Iwona Pietrzak (KUL) among others, provided presentations to all interested attendants from Argentina, Poland, Bethlehem, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Slovakia and Austria, with particular insights into how \u2018Service-Learning\u2019 can be implemented and institutionalized.<\/p>\n

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Challenges faced by students, faculty members, and community partners concerning a curricular embedded civic engagement could be viewed under a new perspective in the \u2018Learning by Serving\u2019 conference, making new possibilities for tangible direct actions.<\/p>\n

\u2018Service-Learning\u2019 projects already developed in the regional communities offered insights into the diverse possibilities of a strong alliance between educational institutions and civil society partners.<\/p>\n

New ideas for even closer and more transparent cooperation became visible and found fertile ground in the conference. How can we best face together the challenges of our time?<\/p>\n

“Partners highlighted the fact that they underestimated the university\u2019s authority and how this foundation can support the community partners in achieving greater accessibility, transparency and publicity. Together both institutions and universities stand on a solid basis to face the most challenging issues of our time.” Mar\u00eda Rosa Tapia.<\/p>\n

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“Service-Learning: Learning by Serving.” With this future-oriented scope, the conference highlighted the need to raise awareness of social challenges while offering a way to acquire important future skills in collaboration with students, faculty members and partners to truly live openness and tolerance with head, hands and heart.<\/p>\n

Source: Catholic University of Eichst\u00e4tt-Ingolstadt (KU)<\/p>\n\t

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