James Hartwick Bio

As a Community-Based Learning Fellow, Hartwick is revising the Inquiry and Broadfield Social Studies (SECNDED 340) course to strengthen its Informed Civic Action Project. Working individually or collaboratively, students will investigate a significant public issue or problem and develop a plan for constructive civic action. Students will engage with community partners and other stakeholders to understand community perspectives and develop responses that address locally identified issues. They will draw upon disciplinary knowledge, inquiry skills, civic understanding, and multiple perspectives to examine the issue, deliberate with others about how it should be defined and addressed, and propose informed individual or collective action. Because the students enrolled in the course are preparing to become secondary social studies teachers, they will also reflect on how they can incorporate community-based learning and informed civic action into their own future classrooms.