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Integrating Service Learning into the Study of International Terrorism
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Service Learning Components for International Terrorism:
Empowering Students through Activism
David Reilly
February 2004 Draft
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Overview
With funding assistance received from the Learn and Serve Program of Niagara University, a course was developed during the summer of 2002 and offered during the fall 2002 semester. This course, entitled International Terrorism and Political Violence, was offered through the Political Science Department at Niagara University. In all, twenty-eight students were enrolled in the course; majors included Political Science, Criminal Justice, Communications, English, and Social Science. As the developer of the course, I was concerned about the extent to which students could make the connection between issues of international terrorism and the service learning projects they engaged in. For this reason, I provided a variety of opportunities for the students to get involved in. My fears proved to be unfounded, as many students remarked that the service learning projects helped them to understand the theory of international terrorism more clearly, and enriched their experience in the classroom. Below I provide information on the many learn and serve projects developed through this course, the topics covered within and how they relate to the projects, the student response to the experience, and the response we received from the community. Although this was without a doubt the most time-consuming course I have taught, it was also far and away the most rewarding. The course also received quite a bit of press in the local area. The Director of Service Learning at Niagara University wrote an article for the local Learn and Serve bulletin. The Niagara University Alumni Magazine spotlighted the course in an article written in 2003. The Buffalo News ran an article in March 2003. And, the series of opinion pieces written by students were carried in the Niagara Gazette on Sundays for a seven week period during the fall of 2002.
Why Service Learning?
In a series of speeches following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers, President Bush encouraged U.S. citizens to contribute 4000 hours of their lives to community service. The intent of this course is to encourage students to consider how things have changed since September 11
th
, 2001. Students are encouraged to consider
how individual citizens and how government policies have been affected. By working with government agencies that have been hardest-hit by the threat of terrorism
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Service Learning Components for International Terrorism:
Empowering Students through Activism
David Reilly
February 2004 Draft
2
Overview
With funding assistance received from the Learn and Serve Program of Niagara
University, a course was developed during the summer of 2002 and offered during the
fall 2002 semester. This course, entitled International Terrorism and Political Violence, was
offered through the Political Science Department at Niagara University. In all, twenty-
eight students were enrolled in the course; majors included Political Science, Criminal
Justice, Communications, English, and Social Science.
As the developer of the course, I was concerned about the extent to which students
could make the connection between issues of international terrorism and the service
learning projects they engaged in. For this reason, I provided a variety of opportunities
for the students to get involved in. My fears proved to be unfounded, as many students
remarked that the service learning projects helped them to understand the theory of
international terrorism more clearly, and enriched their experience in the classroom.
Below I provide information on the many learn and serve projects developed through
this course, the topics covered within and how they relate to the projects, the student
response to the experience, and the response we received from the community.
Although this was without a doubt the most time-consuming course I have taught, it
was also far and away the most rewarding.
The course also received quite a bit of press in the local area. The Director of Service
Learning at Niagara University wrote an article for the local Learn and Serve bulletin.
The Niagara University Alumni Magazine spotlighted the course in an article written in
2003. The Buffalo News ran an article in March 2003. And, the series of opinion pieces
written by students were carried in the Niagara Gazette on Sundays for a seven week
period during the fall of 2002.
Why Service Learning?
In a series of speeches following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers,
President Bush encouraged U.S. citizens to contribute 4000 hours of their lives to
community service. The intent of this course is to encourage students to consider how
things have changed since September 11
th
, 2001. Students are encouraged to consider
how individual citizens and how government policies have been affected. By working
with government agencies that have been hardest-hit by the threat of terrorism
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