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Increasing opportunities for undergraduate students to engage in their communities and learn critical skills that translate into effective problem-solving, team-building, and experiential learning are practical outcomes in student learning. This article provides a practical demonstration of community engagement in undergraduate education.
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Community engagement is a critical experience in undergraduate education; students learn about issues of diversity, social challenges communities face, and how environmental and social factors influence change. This is a practical example of engaging undergraduate students in this work and shaping their knowledge.
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This manuscript documents several strategies individuals can use in the higher education learning environment and in community organizing. These skills are critical to increasing student knowledge of diversity and system analysis.
Dr Dawn X Henderson
University of North Carolina System
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This page is a summary of: Modeling Community Engagement in an Undergraduate Course in Psychology at an HBCU, Teaching of Psychology, November 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0098628316679958.
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