Lessons learned in the CIRCLET project - World Café

Description

The CIRCLET project was designed to develop and support the role of academics in Science Shop projects, especially as supervisors and course co-ordinators. 100+ academics have been experimenting with building community engaged research and learning (CERL) into their teaching across a wide range of disciplines in our five partner universities. This session will share and test our learning so far on what has and hasn’t worked. We are asking for reflection and feedback from participants based on their own experience and knowledge with a goal of producing a usable resource for Science Shops and academics. Topics covered will include:



How to work with communities in respectful and reciprocal ways and find common ground between what the community partner asks and what we as academics can offer through our curricula?

How to work with students on CERL projects, how to support students to work with communities and produce good research and encourage reflection as part of this process?

How to design activities in the curriculum to facilitate CERL projects. Refocusing course activities to enable projects to happen. Is it necessary to (re)write learning outcomes and revise assessment?

How to support yourself through the process. Supporting students through CERL projects can bring new challenge to the academic role and how it is perceived in their department or university. What supports you can bring for yourself

We will ask participants to engage with some of our learning and reflect back on it from their own perspective using a world café format. Topics will be shared and presented in the form of a short case or problematic, inviting lively debate amongst participants at different tables. Each table will be equipped with large papers, inviting participants to take notes, make drawings, write down extra questions, … as the discussion proceeds.

Period	21 Jun 2022
Event title	9th Living Knowledge Conference
Event type	Conference
Location	Groningen , NetherlandsShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International