Journal articles / conference papers

Staff on the Programme for Students Learning With Communities have published on the work of the programme in a range of publications, from peer-reviewed journals to other publications. Here are a range of our publications:

 

Gamble, E. and Bates, C. (2011) ‘Dublin Institute of Technology’s Programme for Students Learning With Communities – a critical account of practice’. Education + Training, 53 (2/3).  The authors' final version is available at http://arrow.dit.ie/comlinkart/.


Bates, C. and Gamble, E. (2011) ‘Alternatives to industrial work placement at Dublin Institute of Technology’, Higher Education Management and Policy Journal, 23 (2).  This is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/hemp-23-5kg9p3j5300v. 

 

Gamble, E. (2011) 'A recipe for change'. Explore, the quarterly journal from Aontas, the National Adult Learning Organisation, issue 18, May. This article is available from the publisher here. 

 

We have also presented on our work at a range of conferences: 

Learning Innovation Network, Dublin, October 2011: 'Engaging and preparing students for future roles – community-based learning in DIT'. The 20-minute recording of this presentation is available here. The full text of this paper is available here - an abridged version is forthcoming in the LIN conference proceedings. 

 

CU Expo 2011 – Community-University Partnerships, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada, May 2011: (1) 'Building equality of participation in research partnerships'. (2) 'Lessons from a Pilot Module in Community-Based Research', as part of ‘Community-university partnerships in scientific education’ session. 


OECD IMHE International Conference Higher Education in a World Changed Utterly: Doing More with Less, Paris, September 2010: 'Students Learning With Communities in Dublin Institute of Technology – an Institutional Case Study on the potential rewards from the use of community-based learning as an alternative to industry-based work placement'.


All-Ireland Society for Higher Education International Conference: Designing & Delivering Curricula for the Future, Dublin, August 2010: 'Community-based learning and curriculum design – a crash course for academic staff'. 


Fourth International Living Knowledge Conference: Engaged Communities, Engaged Universities: Developing policy and practice in participatory research, Belfast, August 2009:  'Mind-mapping the challenges – key considerations after the first year of setting up a programme for community-based research and learning'.


ICSLTE Second International Conference for Service-Learning in Teacher Education, Galway, June 2009: 'Using a reflective model (Gibb’s) to assess reflective and assessment methods in service-learning' (co-presented with Martina Crehan from Learning, Teaching and Technology Centre DIT).  


Campus Engage International Conference: Higher Education and Civic Engagement Partnerships: Create, Challenge, Change. Galway, June 2009: 'Students Learning With Communities – learning from community-based learning at DIT'.