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What is Service-Learning?

What is Service-Learning?. National Service-Learning Clearinghouse www.servicelearning.org. National Commission on Service-Learning.

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What is Service-Learning?

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  1. What is Service-Learning? National Service-Learning Clearinghouse www.servicelearning.org

  2. National Commission on Service-Learning “…a teaching and learning approach that integrates community service with academic study to enrich learning, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities.”

  3. Corporation for National and Community Service • Promotes learning through active participation • Provides structured time for students to reflect • Provides an opportunities to use skills and knowledge in real-life situations • Extends learning beyond the classroom • Fosters a sense of caring for others Adapted from the National and Community Service Act of 1990

  4. What’s in a name? • Volunteerism • Service-Learning • Youth Service • Community Service • Peer Helping • Experiential Education • Community-Based Learning

  5. Community service example If students remove trash from a streambed: they are providing a valuable service to the community as volunteers

  6. Service-learning example • When students remove trash from a streambed, • analyze what they found, • share the results and offer suggestions for the neighborhood to reduce pollution, • and then reflect on their experience THAT is service-learning!

  7. Not just academic Service-learning can also be implemented by community organizations,usinglearning objectives and structured reflection activities for their participants

  8. All seek Combination of service and intentional learning objectives Changes in both recipients and providers of service Different Interpretations Objectives Contexts Many roads to service-learning

  9. Service-learning is not: • an episodic volunteer program • just an add-on to existing curriculum • completing minimum service hours for graduation • service assigned as a form of punishment • only for older students • only for students • one-sided

  10. Common characteristics of authentic service-learning • positive, meaningful experiences • cooperative; emphasizes teamwork • complex problems in complex settings • problem-solving in specific contexts • promotes deeper learning: no “right answers”

  11. Common characteristics of authentic service-learning • students identify most important issues through critical thinking • emotional consequences: challenge values & ideas • learning and development: social, emotional, cognitive

  12. Added benefits of service-learning National studies suggest that students in effective service-learning programs: • improve academic grades • increase attendance in school • develop personal and social responsibility

  13. Learn more about service-learningwww.servicelearning.org • K-12 • Higher Ed • Community-based • Tribal nations

  14. NSLC resources Website • Site-wide Search • Hot Topics, Fact Sheets & Quick Guides • Service-learning Lesson Plans • 1600+ Project Examples from LSA Grantees • Links to Related Web Sites • Publications Offered for Purchase

  15. NSLC resources Library • Books, journals, videos for LSA grantees • Online library catalog available to the public • Research & reference service • Downloadable documents & bibliographies

  16. Feedback • E-mail: info@servicelearning.org • Phone: 1-866-245-SERV (7378)

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