Andrew Furco

Andrew Furco (born April 17, 1961) is an American scholar, researcher, and educator in the field of experiential education, whose work has focused primarily on advancing research in service learning. Service learning is an instructional approach whereby students participate in community service that is linked to their academic learning.[1] Service learning been adopted in K-12 schools, colleges, and universities in the United States, Canada and in countries throughout South America,[2] Australia,[3] Africa,[4] Asia[5] and Europe (i.e., Germany,[6] Ireland,[7] Spain[8]).

Contributions to Service Learning

In 1994, Furco established the Service Learning Research and Development Center at the University of California, Berkeley, which is cited as the United States’ first university-based research center for the study of service learning.[9] As the director of this center, he led 26 studies of service learning (domestic and international), which include some of the nation's earliest studies to examine the effects of service learning on participating students.

In 1996, he published the paper, “Service-Learning: A Balanced Approach to Experiential Education”, in which he distinguishes service learning from other similar forms of experiential learning, including volunteerism, community service, field education, and internships. Cited in more than 200 publications,[10] this paper has been used at a substantial number of colleges and universities as a basis for defining service learning.[11]

In 2001, he helped launch and hosted the 1st Annual International Conference on Service-Learning Research. This international conference, held in Berkeley, California October 21–23 brought together more than 350 participants from a dozen countries to present new research on service learning and to form a network of service learning researchers.[12] The conference continues to be offered annually, hosted by different universities. Through this annual conference, the network of service learning researchers has continue to grow. In 2006, the network was formalized into the first professional international association focused on service learning research (International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement or IARSLCE).[13]

Furco has developed and validated a number of survey instruments for the study of service learning, including pre-post surveys that measure changes in participants’ perceptions, attitudes, and understanding on civic, social, personal, and academic issues.[14] His Self-Assessment Rubric for Institutionalizing Service Learning in Higher Education (1998), commonly referred to as The Furco Rubric, is a self-assessment instrument that measures the level of service learning institutionalization at universities or colleges. The Furco Rubric has been incorporated into the service learning planning and development at more than 300 colleges and universities in various countries.[15]

His body of work on service-learning includes journal articles, technical reports, and the books, Service Learning: The Essence of the Pedagogy (2001) and Service Learning Through a Multidisciplinary Lens (2002), both of which he co-edited with Shelley Billing.

Awards

Background and Education

Furco was born and raised in New York City. He studied music at UCLA, where he earned his B.A. in Music in 1984. From 1985 to 1992, he worked as a public school music teacher and school site administrator and earned a masters degree in Special Education (UCLA, 1986). While work on his doctoral degree in Educational Administration and Policy at the University of California, Berkeley (PhD, 1997), he was appointed in 1995 as the founding director of UC Berkeley's new Service-Learning Research and Development Center.[20] He continued to conduct research at UC Berkeley as center director and faculty member in the Graduate School of Education through 2007. He currently serves as Associate Vice President of Public Engagement and Associate Professor in Educational Policy and Administration at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. There he directs the International Center for Research on Community Engagement.[21]

References

  1. ↑ National Service Learning Clearinghouse: What is Service-Learning? http://www.servicelearning.org/what-service-learning, Retrieved June 5, 2010.
  2. ↑ CLAYSS Latin American Center for Service Learning "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2011-06-12. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
  3. ↑ Learn and Serve Australia (LASA) http://www.lasa.org.au/ Retrieved November 3, 2010.
  4. ↑ Patel, L., Perold, H., Mohamed, S.E., Carapinha, R.E. (2007). Five Country Study on Service and Volunteering in Southern Africa, CSD Research Report No. 07-19, St. Louis: Washington University in St. Louis.
  5. ↑ The Amity Foundation - Service Learning Program; Nanjing, China "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2011-06-12. Retrieved January 5, 2011,
  6. ↑ Lernen durch Engagement: Netzwerk Service-Learning http://www.servicelearning.de/ Retrieved January 5, 2011.
  7. ↑ Community Knowledge Initiative, National University of Ireland, Galway http://www.nuigalwaycki.ie/menu.asp?menu=3109 Retrieved June 4, 2010.
  8. ↑ Centre Promotor d'Aprenentage Servei; Barcelona, Spain http://www.aprenentatgeservei.org/ Retrieved January 5, 2011
  9. ↑ Graduate School of Education (2005, Summer). "School Opens Service Learning Center." Term Paper. Berkeley: University of California. http://gse.berkeley.edu/admin/publications/termpaper/summer95/school.opens.html[] Retrieved June 4, 2010
  10. ↑ Google Scholar Citation List for Andrew Furco http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=furco&hl=en&btnG=Search&as_sdt=1%2C24&as_sdtp=on Retrieved January 5, 2011
  11. ↑ Campus Compact: What is Service Learning? "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2011-06-12. Retrieved March 5, 2011 See also Virginia Polytechnic University http://www.vtserves.vt.edu/Faculty/ServiceLearningHandbook/; Bethel University http://www.bethel.edu/cas/off-campus-programs/service-learning/; Dominican University of California http://www.dominican.edu/academics/service/questions.html; Wegweiser Buergergesellschaft "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-11. Retrieved 2011-06-18. Retrieved March 5, 2011
  12. ↑ National Service Learning Clearinghouse - The Evidence Base for Service Learning in Higher Education. http://www.servicelearning.org/instant_info/fact_sheets/he_facts/evidence/ Retrieved June 5, 2010.
  13. ↑ International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement; History http://www.researchslce.org/about-2/history/ Retrieved June 5, 2010.
  14. ↑ Place-Based Education Evaluation Collaborative: Furco/UC Berkeley Surveys/Tools http://www.peecworks.org/PEEC/PEEC_Inst/S016E8B87-016E8B8B[] Retrieved September 17, 2010.
  15. ↑ Campus Compact Consulting Corps: Andrew Furco http://www.compact.org/initiatives/consulting-corps/andrew-furco/4387/ Retrieved June 5, 2010. See also "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2011-06-12. and "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
  16. ↑ International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement: Past Award Recipients http://www.researchslce.org/awards-nominations/past-award-recipients/ Retrieved June 5, 2010
  17. ↑ Hill, K. (2004, February). "Andy Furco Named 1st John Glenn Scholar in Service-Learning". http://evergreen.loyola.edu/rcrews/www/sl/archives/feb04/msg00076.html Retrieved January 5, 2011
  18. ↑ National Society for Experiential Education Past Award Winners "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-06-18.
  19. ↑ The Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award http://www.compact.org/events-jobs-grants-more/awards/the-thomas-ehrlich-civically-engaged-faculty-award/18188/
  20. ↑ Graduate School of Education (2005, Summer). "School Opens Service Learning Center." Term Paper. Berkeley: University of California. http://gse.berkeley.edu/admin/publications/termpaper/summer95/school.opens.html[] Retrieved June 5, 2010.
  21. ↑ International Center for Research on Community Engagement: University of Minnesota. http://www.icrce.umn.edu Retrieved June 5, 2010
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