Professional Development &
Service Learning
Karyn Z. Sproles, Director of Faculty Development
USI Service Learning Summer Institute
17 June 2008
Why publish your
experiences?
If it was new to you, it will likely be new to
your colleagues
Contribute to your field
Contribute to the national conversation on
service learning
Contribute to the recognition of service
learning
Earn well-deserved credit for creating new
knowledge
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Publications to Target
Disciplinary journals with pedagogical
interests: College English
Publications interested in national educational
trends: Change, Issues in Higher Education,
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Interdisciplinary Journals: Critical Inquiry,
Social Change
Journals in Education, pedagogy, or service
learning
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Conferences to Consider
Conferences in your field
Pedagogy conferences
Service learning conferences
Association for General and Liberal Education
Association of American Colleges &
Universities
Association for Integrative Studies
Professional & Organizational Development in
Higher Education
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Topics for Essays
Innovative project
Successful pedagogy
Creative solution
Theoretical problem
Surprising success
Problematic failure
Include: rubric, data from/on course, chart
or graph, pre/post test results, survey results,
quotations from students/partner

Brainstorm essay ideas
on your course:
Innovative project
Successful pedagogy
Creative solution
Theoretical problem
Surprising success
Problematic failure
Include: rubric, data from/on course, chart
or graph, pre/post test results, survey results,
quotations from students/partner

Discuss
Discuss your brainstorming ideas with your
table:
Which of your ideas do you like best?
Could several be combined?
What would you need to include in your
course in order to have the material necessary
for a potential essay?