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What is Service-Learning?
What is Service-Learning?
A course-based, credit-bearing educational experience in which students:
participate in service activities that meet community needs, and
reflect on the service activities to gain further understanding of course content, a broader appreciation of the discipline, and an enhanced sense of personal values and civic responsibility.
-Bringle & Hatcher, 2002, p. 505
Service-Learning: A Closer Look
Service-Learning: A Closer Look
Internships, practica, and field experiences involve academic study and practical experience.
Volunteering involves practical experience and civic engagement (i.e., relating to a citizen, a city, citizenship, or community affairs).
Civic education involves academic study and civic engagement.
Service-learning involves all of it!
Bringle & Hatcher 2002.pdfKey Service-Learning Activities:
Key Service-Learning Activities:
The service addresses a community need, which is identified through active listening and relationship-building.
Activities are connected to course learning objectives.
Students critically reflect on service-learning activities.
Key People:
Key People:
Course instructor.
Student.
Community partner.
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