Incorporating Civic Learning Across the Disciplines

Join Dr. Jennifer Domagal-Goldman for a discussion and workshop on how to incorporate civic learning and engagement into disciplinary courses—and why this is important. Discussion will include theoretical frameworks utilized in the field, high impact pedagogies for facilitating civic learning, and a brainstorming activity about bringing discipline-specific content and pedagogy into existing or new courses.

Dr. Domagal-Goldman earned her PhD in higher education from Penn State. She received her MA in higher education and student affairs administration from the University of Vermont and her bachelor’s degree from the University of Rochester. Dr. Domagal-Goldman’s dissertation focused on how faculty learn to incorporate civic learning and engagement in their undergraduate teaching within their academic discipline, for which she received the 2011 IARSLCE honorable mention dissertation award. (IARSCLE is the International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement.)
Of note, “students’ openness to diversity (is) an important civic outcome…” (Janke, Domagal-Goldman, 2016). These pedagogies also align with liberal education, “a philosophy of education that empowers individuals with broad knowledge and transferable skills, and a strong sense of values, ethics, and civic engagement (AAC&U).
Please join us and bring your syllabi, questions, ideas, and curiosity.