Essential Teaching and Learning

                                                                                                                                     (C) 2022 Scott B. Freiberger By Scott B. Freiberger With the pestilential, persistent pandemic seemingly winding down like a bouncy bairn bauble with a beastly bromidic battery, student wellbeing has taken on a sudden and significant sense of seriousness. ...

                              Photo credit: (c) 2009 Scott Freiberger . JiuFen, Taiwan . By Scott B. Freiberger   When offered a position as an adjunct professor at a respected New York City college, I immediately requested to infuse service-learning into the curriculum.  When the department chair responded that she was pleased by my request, I began to ponder: Why are we not doing more in the U.S. to infuse service-learning into curricula across schools?   According to the Center for Teaching and Learning at the University ofWashington , “ Service - learning  refers to  learning that... often benefit[s] others and the community, while also advancing the goals of a given curriculum.”   Projects that are carefully-planned may include student choice and collective voice regarding provident action plans and pru...