Integrating Community Service In The Construction Technology Curriculum
Author(s) -
Shishir Gokhale,
Julie Aldrich
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
papers on engineering education repository (american society for engineering education)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.18260/1-2--6629
Subject(s) - general partnership , service learning , curriculum , service (business) , scholarship , pride , engineering , sociology , corporation , library science , engineering management , management , political science , pedagogy , computer science , business , marketing , economics , law
The pedagogy of service learning has been documented since the mid-1970’s (Perry, 1970), but only in recent years have colleges and universities begun to integrate curricular-based service into higher education. During the fall of 1996, the Department of Construction Technology , IUPUI; NBD Bank, Indianapolis; and the Concord Community Development Corporation (CCDC), teamed up for an innovative undertaking in community partnership. The pilot project involved the rehabilitation of an abandoned, three-room house located near the IUPUI campus. Students enrolled in a senior level design course elected to tackle this project in lieu of the traditional “Semester-End Design Project” required in the class. This paper will describe some of the lessons learned from this pilot project and attempt to provide a blue print for the integration of similar community projects into the engineering technology curriculum.
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