SHINE helps collegiate faculty members create links between classroom teaching and relevant field experience. Many faculty members, across disciplines, incorporate the SHINE tutoring experience into their curriculums, providing an opportunity to deepen students theoretical understanding.
Examples of disciplines related to the SHINE experience include:
- Urban Studies
- Anthropology
- Criminal Justice
- Social Work
- Political Science
- English
- TESOL
- Sociology
- Public Policy
- History
- Education
- Foreign Language
- Nursing
Through SHINE, students will gain a broad knowledge of diverse cultures and life experiences as well as developing skills beyond the textbook. The SHINE experience provides field learning to reinforce academic studies while enhancing classroom discussion.
If you are a university faculty member and would like to incoroportate a SHINE field experience into your curriculum, please click here for the contact information of a SHINE site nearest you.
