Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric Sep 2015 Open Access

Service Learning as Social Justice Activism: Students Help a Campus Shift to Bystander Awareness

Irene Lietz Carlow University ; Erin Tunney Armagh Observatory & Planetarium

Abstract

While service learning can be compatible with feminist objectives, if the service does not contribute to structural change or help students understand their role in facilitating change, it can replicate patriarchal goals and run counter to feminism (Ludlow). In this article, we show the way we utilized a feminist lens when designing and implementing a service learning project designed to tackle the problem of dating violence on our campus community. We argue that the feminist lens enhanced student learning and ensured the students make a more lasting and meaningful contribution to a community.

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Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric
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2015-09-01
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10.59236/rjv15i1pp61-88
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