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| What
is Service Learning? |
Service Learning is a
teaching and learning
method that connects meaningful community service experiences with
academic learning, personal growth, and civic responsibility. This
powerful teaching methodology successfully unites classroom curriculum
with identified community issues and needs. It is an opportunity for
reflection. By participating in high quality Service Learning
experiences, students learn the invaluable skill of being able to
organize information, resources, and people in order to improve the
community. It allows the students to take ownership of their learning
by engaging them in their own educations through experiential learning
in course-related contexts, and fostering lifelong connections between
students, their communities and the world outside the classroom.
Sources: Crews, Robin. "What is Service-Learning?" University of Colorado at Boulder Service-Learning Handbook. First Edition (1995)
Service Learning: student and community benefits
1) Studies have shown that Service Learning boosts students academic scores and gives them the skills to excel in school
2) Invites students to be active members of society and their community
3) Gives students a voice in the project and allows them to take ownership and manage the project from start to finish
4) Service Learning can give your students real life work experience
5) Students start to build a network by forming community partnerships
6) Students are included in the dialogue and debate about real world social issues and critical thinking to be apart of the solution
7) The community views students as assets and problem solvers
Sources: Crews, Robin. "What is Service-Learning?" University of Colorado at Boulder Service-Learning Handbook. First Edition (1995)
Service Learning: student and community benefits
1) Studies have shown that Service Learning boosts students academic scores and gives them the skills to excel in school
2) Invites students to be active members of society and their community
3) Gives students a voice in the project and allows them to take ownership and manage the project from start to finish
4) Service Learning can give your students real life work experience
5) Students start to build a network by forming community partnerships
6) Students are included in the dialogue and debate about real world social issues and critical thinking to be apart of the solution
7) The community views students as assets and problem solvers
