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Engaging in Service Learning: Transforming Education Through Real-World Problem Solving

Discover the power of service learning to enhance your education by actively engaging in real-world problem-solving projects that integrate course themes. Challenge traditional teaching methods and embrace active learning to make a meaningful impact beyond the classroom.

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Engaging in Service Learning: Transforming Education Through Real-World Problem Solving

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  1. Introduction to the Projects

  2. Why Service Learning? • To help you synthesize and understand the themes of the course • To engage in active learning • To help you learn problem solving skills • To make strides towards solving real problems • And…

  3. Because lecture and exam format teaches you that: • Passive acceptance is a more desirable response to ideas than active criticism. • Discovering knowledge is beyond your power and is none of your business. • Recall is the highest form of intellectual achievement, and the collection of unrelated “facts” is the goal of education. • The voice of authority is to be trusted and valued more than independent judgment. • Your own ideas and those of your classmates are inconsequential. • There is always a single, unambiguous Right Answer to a question.

  4. What is expected from you? • Enthusiasm for the project you choose • Your goal should not be the grade • To produce something that meets the needs of your sponsor, integrates the themes of the course, and contributes to solving a problem • Project steps listed on discussion board

  5. Projects • VPIRG • Obesity campaign (Kendall) • E-waste (Ben) • Polluter pays precautionary principle (Amos) • Developing campus office (Ben?) • Reforestation and development communication in Ethiopia (Amos/Josh/Carlos) • Burlington High School Eco-club (Ben)

  6. Projects • FEED (Kendall) • Intervale Education Initiative (Kendall) • Lewis Creek Association (Amos, Ben) • Sustainable Forestry Management with VFF (Josh) • New American Dream (TBA) • Buying smart and buying local • Grass roots initiatives for sustainable community development

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