Open AccessLandscaping Habitat For Humanity Homes: A Community Outreach Project
Author(s) -
Jodie L. Ramsay
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of college teaching and learning/journal of college teaching and learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2157-894X
pISSN - 1544-0389
DOI - 10.19030/tlc.v5i4.1264
Subject(s) - landscaping , outreach , humanity , habitat , service learning , geography , service (business) , sociology , environmental resource management , business , marketing , ecology , pedagogy , economic growth , political science , biology , environmental science , law , economics
The purpose of this project is to incorporate a community service component into a Biology course at Northern State University (NSU) in Aberdeen, SD. Students in an upper-level botany course (Plant Structure and Function) provide landscaping services to homeowners who have purchased homes through Habitat for Humanity. Homeowner satisfaction with the finished project and student learning are assessed through surveys.