Street Smarts ↔ Book Smarts

Ruta K. Valaitis, Olive Wahoush, Nancy Murray, Sandy Isaacs, David Derbyshire, Dyanne Semogas and Steven Rolfe

SAGE Open, 2016, vol. 6, issue 3, 2158244016656392

Abstract: This article describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of an interdisciplinary undergraduate course embedded within a campus–community partnership initiative involving McMaster University School of Nursing, and three urban priority neighborhoods in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Students worked together with community residents and faculty to address selected priority community issues identified by neighborhood members. Using the qualitative interpretive description method, the evaluation explored different partners’ (students, community residents, and faculty) perceptions of the course (SWOT analysis: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, as well as outcomes) as a community engagement and knowledge exchange intervention. Results provide lessons learned and recommendations for future campus–community engaged courses that can be transferred to similar contexts.

Keywords: community engagement; community health; community-embedded learning; curriculum; education; interdisciplinary learning; neighborhood; nursing; service learning; social sciences; SWOT evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1177/2158244016656392

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