Case Study of Faculty Learning Around Reflection, (A): A Collaborative Faculty Development Project

This chapter presents data generated from a faculty development initiative grounded in the DEAL Model of Critical Reflection for service-learning. This faculty learning community involved assessment of student learning resulting from reflection on service experiences and assessment of faculty changes on pedagogy in the implementation of the DEAL Model. Using case study methodology, both written student products and faculty syllabi and assignments were analyzed, and a focus group was convened to explore the benefits and challenges of learning this reflective pedagogy. A model of the connections between student learning and faculty change is presented, and implications are discussed for future research related to the relationship between student and faculty learning. (authors)