Kapi’olani Community College General Education Learning Outcomes (2012)
Related AAC&U Essential Learning Outcomes in Bold Italics
Service-Learning alignments in CAPS
Developed by engaged faculty on the General Education Outcomes Committee with facilitation and coordination by Kristine Korey-Smith, Assistant Professor, Developmental Education, and Coordinator of Faculty Senate Learning Outcomes Assessment Committee.
1.Thinking/Inquiry - Make effective decisions with intellectual integrity to SOLVE PROBLEMS and/or ACHIEVE GOALS utilizing the skills of critical thinking, creative thinking, information literacy, and
quantitative/symbolic reasoning. Intellectual and Practical Skills
2.Communication - Ethically compose and convey creative and critical perspectives to an intended audience using visual, oral, written, social, and other forms of communication. Intellectual and Practical Skills + Ethics/Personal and Social Responsibility
3.Self and Community/Diversity of Human Experience - Evaluate one's own ethics and traditions in relation to those of other peoples and embrace the diversity of human experience while ACTIVELY ENGAGING IN LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND GLOBAL COMMUNITIES. Knowledge of Human Cultures and the Physical and Natural World + Personal and Social Responsibility
4.Aesthetic Engagement - Through various modes of inquiry, demonstrate how aesthetics ENGAGE THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE, revealing the interconnectedness of knowledge and life. Knowledge of Human Cultures and the Physical and Natural World
5.Integrative Learning - Explore and synthesize knowledge, attitudes and skills from a variety of cultural and academic perspectives TO ENHANCE OUR LOCAL AND GLOBAL COMMUNITIES. Integrative and Applied Learning
Guiding ReflectionStatement – Revised July 2011
Answer the following in a coherent essay:
Statement of the Problem: Identify the societal problem you have helped to address through your service. Describe how you have helped.
Learning Describe key concepts from your coursework that have helped you do your service. Describe experiences during your service that have helped you understand the course material.
Change Describe how your experiences have changed your view about the community you helped.
Future Goals Discuss personal, academic or career goals that you have achieved through your service. Describe how this experience has shaped your personal, academic or career goals. Describe your plan for future community engagement.
Instructor's notes:
1A. The instructor should specify an audience for the reflection, such as one of the following: parents or other family members; classmates, professor, or members of the discipline or profession; a spiritual leader or faith community; a website or publication editor; a government official or body, such as the governor or the legislature; etc. [Communication]
1B. The instructor can assign a reflection in a medium other than a written essay. Depending on the course, a film, a website, an oral presentation, etc., may be specified. The reflection should be created through an ethical, course-appropriate process. [Communication]
2. The instructor should specify in his/her syllabi which General Education SLO(s) the Service-Learning project addresses, adapt the first set of sub-questions, and provide specific guidance for student work and reflection. For example: What did you learn about information literacy, quantitative/symbolic reasoning, communication, ethics, diversity, and/or aesthetics that relates to your service or community site?
3. The instructor is encouraged to help students make connections between their current Service-Learning experience and other courses/experiences that they may have had. The Integrative Learning Outcome (and the AA Cornerstone Project, which this prompt can guide) is meant to address and assess learning across the curriculum, not just in a particular course.
Developed by Francisco Acoba, Assistant Professor, English, Faculty Coordinator, Service-Learning Emphasis, in collaboration with other engaged faculty at Kapiolani Community College, University of Hawaii.