Notes From the Field: Brokering Service Learning Between a Rural Community and Large Undergraduate Class: Insights From a Case Study

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This article describes a service-learning partnership between a first-year Environmental Studies/Science course at Trent University and the Haliburton-Muskoka Children's Water Festival, an event held in rural Ontario about 125 km from the university. The partnership was brokered by the U-Links Centre for Community-Based Research, an independent, Haliburton-based nonprofit. Key issues explored in the article include the challenges of rural service learning, striking an equitable partnership between university and community, and offering service learning within a large class setting. The article concludes with a series of lessons learned from the case.View full textDownload full textKeywordsService learning, rural, undergraduate, large classes, independent brokerRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2010.490085