Values-Engaged Assessment: Reimagining Assessment through the Lens of Democratic Engagement

What is one value that grounds you in your civic engagement work? How are you walking the talk of that value in your assessment work? Or, how might you? And, what both helps and gets in the way of your doing that? These questions were recently posed to service-learning and community engagement (SLCE) faculty and staff gathered for an assessment institute. Answering the first was easy. Collaboration. Reciprocity. Vulnerability. Intentionality. Humility. And on and on. But the second question was, at first, a dead weight in the room. Finally, one participant stood and spoke candidly.

Keywords

Assessment, Service-Learning, Community Engagement

Citation

Bandy, J., Bartel, A. S., Clayton, P. H., Gale, S., Mack, H., Metzker, J., Stanlick, S. (2016). Values-Engaged Assessment: Reimagining Assessment through the Lens of Democratic Engagement. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 23(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/mjcsloa.3239521.0023.110

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http://hdl.handle.net/1803/9510

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Center for Teaching Publications

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