Infusing a Public Lands Stewardship Infusing a Public Lands Stewardship Ethic Across a Program’s CurriculumEthic Across a Program’s Curriculum

    

Donald RodriguezDonald Rodriguez,  Ph.D.,  Ph.D.Associate Professor and Chair, Environmental Associate Professor and Chair, Environmental 

Science and Resource Management, Science and Resource Management, California State University Channel IslandsCalifornia State University Channel Islands

CSU Channel IslandsCSU Channel Islands

University Mission statementUniversity Mission statement– Placing students at the center of the educational Placing students at the center of the educational experience, California State University Channel experience, California State University Channel Islands provides undergraduate and graduate Islands provides undergraduate and graduate education that facilitates learning within and education that facilitates learning within and across disciplines through integrative approaches, across disciplines through integrative approaches, emphasizes experiential and service learning, and emphasizes experiential and service learning, and graduates students with multicultural and graduates students with multicultural and international perspectives.international perspectives.

What is Service LearningWhat is Service Learning

Service-learning is an Service-learning is an intentionally designed course and intentionally designed course and is a process of learning through is a process of learning through reflection on the experience of reflection on the experience of doing service.doing service.  

Freshmen Year ExperienceFreshmen Year Experience

• Volunteer park Volunteer park experienceexperience

• Allows for variety of Allows for variety of opportunitiesopportunities

• Work closely with park Work closely with park volunteer coordinatorsvolunteer coordinators

• Tied to course Tied to course curriculumcurriculum

Sophomore Year ExperienceSophomore Year Experience

• Organized class Organized class exercisesexercises

• Work closely with park Work closely with park resource staffresource staff

• Integrated with park Integrated with park resource needsresource needs

Junior Year ExperienceJunior Year Experience

• Park-University co-Park-University co-instructors for field instructors for field methods coursemethods course

• Park resource Park resource management prime management prime concernconcern

• Mentor network for Mentor network for studentsstudents

Senior Capstone ExperienceSenior Capstone Experience

• Student initiated Student initiated immersion with park immersion with park staff.staff.

• Park mentor engaged Park mentor engaged with student research with student research 

• Park-University Park-University Challenge Cost Share Challenge Cost Share GrantGrant

• Cooperative Ecological Cooperative Ecological Studies Unit (CESU)  Studies Unit (CESU)  

COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS

•Classes organized to work collectively on major community environmental projects

FIELD LEARNING•Structured field experiences that create fluency with environmental assessment techniques/protocols

SERVICE INTRODUCTION•Freshmen students allowed to select environmental volunteer opportunity to create awareness of local environmental issues and organizations

SENIOR CAPSTONE•Individual student opportunity to on project mutually agreed work with professional mentor upon by faculty

ENGAGED PROGRAM

•Professional mentor/curricular advisor•Courses designed to address community knowledge/action gaps•Community based research

Recipient BENIFICIARY Provider

Service FOCUS Learning

Provider INITIATOR Recipient

PROGRAM COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD

Made up of environmental professionals representing a range of interestsCurriculum advisory role, co-instructor role, research collaborators, student mentorsProgram advocates within the community, region, and state

““Our national parks will be planning for a Our national parks will be planning for a centennial celebration before we know it. centennial celebration before we know it. Perhaps by then they will be regarded as an Perhaps by then they will be regarded as an integral part of the larger landscape that integral part of the larger landscape that touches the lives of all citizens in a variety of touches the lives of all citizens in a variety of ways, and are as distinctive as the ways, and are as distinctive as the communities who visit them.”communities who visit them.”Rodriguez and Roberts (2000)Rodriguez and Roberts (2000)

““The National Park” The National Park” Interdisciplinary CourseInterdisciplinary Course

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kXGqez1H-g

Students from CSU Channel Islands invite you to Students from CSU Channel Islands invite you to An Informal Presentation About The National ParksAn Informal Presentation About The National Parks

Come hear from students about Come hear from students about the value and legacy of our National Parksthe value and legacy of our National Parks

Date: Monday May 10, 2010Date: Monday May 10, 2010Time: 4:00 – 6:00 pmTime: 4:00 – 6:00 pm

Location: LRC1 on the Oxnard CampusLocation: LRC1 on the Oxnard Campus

Student to Student Conversations Student to Student Conversations Regarding Public Land StewardshipRegarding Public Land Stewardship 

 

CSUCI Goes to Oxnard CSUCI Goes to Oxnard Community CollegeCommunity College

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2RDuaf3F0M

Student Initiated ResearchStudent Initiated Research