Moving Service Learning Beyond the Studio to History-Theory Courses

Service learning can be used to strengthen studentlearning outcomes in non-studio courses for architects,such as history-theory seminars. The author’s experimentationwith assignments provides a foundation forthis pedagogy. Institutional support, diverse studentskills, willing community partners, and questionnaireshave resulted in a variety of interdisciplinary, collaborative,active, and real-world projects. A decade’sworth of statistics and written student feedback clarifythat service-learning projects helped to raise studentperformance and enthusiasm, in addition to the benefitsthat community outreach brings to the academicprogram and to the university.

Volume Editors
Luis Francisco Rico-Gutierrez & Martha Thorne

ISBN
978-1-944214-08-1