Community engaged learning: A building engineering case study
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2020-08-28Author
Goggins, Jamie
Hajdukiewicz, Magdalena
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Goggins, Jamie, & Hajdukiewicz, Magdalena. Community engaged learning: A building engineering case study. Paper presented at the Civil Engineering Research in Ireland Conference (CERI 2020), Cork, Ireland, 27-28 August.
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ABSTRACT: Community engaged learning is a form of experiential education with a civic underpinning. Community engaged
learning is embedded with the civil engineering curriculum at NUI Galway and is framed by a research orientation, commitments
to civic engagement and building university-community partnerships, city-university partnerships and partnerships with other
official agencies, so that community users can provide real learning problems and contexts for students and researchers and benefit
from the results. This paper presents the positive experience of the authors in facilitating over 300 community engaged learning
projects undertaken by undergraduate students in civil engineering at NUI Galway. The paper highlights how well the outlined
approach fits with the ideas of engaged scholarship and civic professionalism. Students recognise the long-term value of engaging
with community partners, understanding their future role in the community as engineers, reinforcing the idea that their work can
respond directly to real needs in the community.