Call For Emerging Scholars in K-12 Service-Learning Research

In an effort to expand the body of research on K-12 service-learning and to enhance its dissemination and use, The University of Minnesota’s International Center for Research on Community Engagement (ICRCE) (http://engagement.umn.edu), Brandeis University's Center for Youth and Communities (CYC)(http://cyc.brandeis.edu), and Tufts University’s Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement (CIRCLE) (http://www.civicyouth.org) are inviting applications to participate in the third annual Emerging Scholars in K-12 Service-Learning Works-in-Progress Seminar.

The Seminar is funded through a Catalyst Collective Action grant from the Service-Learning Leaders Circle, using funds generously provided by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The Leaders Circle is administered by the National Service-Learning Partnership at the Academy for Educational Development.

This year’s Seminar will be held June 14-16 at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities campus. It is the third installment of a series of annual Seminars (the first was held in June 2007 at the University of Maryland and the second was held in June 2008 at Brandeis University).

Each year the Seminar convenes a small group of diverse new and experienced K-12 service-learning researchers; researchers from allied fields; and users of research in the policy and practice arenas for 2-3 days of intensive discussions of research being planned and undertaken in the field by the emerging scholars participating in the seminar. The goals of the seminar are to provide support and encouragement for a new generation of service-learning researchers and to promote improved quality and dissemination of service-learning research.

See http://engagement.umn.edu for more information.