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Introduction to Service Learning
What is Service-Learning?
Many definitions:
• “A form of experiential education in which students engage in activities that address human and community needs together with structured opportunities intentionally designed to promote student learning and development.”
» Jacoby, 1996
• Any carefully monitored service experience in which a student has intentional learning goals and reflects actively on what he or she is learning throughout the experience
» National Society for Experiential Education
• “…method under which students learn and develop through active participation in thoughtfully organized service experiences that meet actual community needs that are integrated into the students’ academic curriculum or provide structure time for reflection that enhance what is taught in school by extending student learning beyond the classroom and into the community.”
» Corporation for National Service
Service and Learning TypologySygmon, 1994
Service-LEARNING Learning goals primary Service outcomes secondary
SERVICE-learning Service outcomes primary
Learning goals secondary
service learning Service and learning goals completely separate
SERVICE-LEARNING Service and learning goals of equal weight Each enhances other for all participants
Experiential Learning Continuum
SERVICE-LEARNING
FIELD EDUCATIONCOMM. SERVICE
INTERNSHIPVOLUNTEERISM
Who is BENEFITTING?
What is the main FOCUS?
Provider
Learning
Recipient
Service
Adapted fromFurco, 1996
Volunteerism
• Primary emphasis on service provided• Primary beneficiary is service recipient• “inherently altruistic”
Community Service
• Primary focus on service provided• May involve more structure than
volunteerism• As service becomes integrated with formal
course work, moves closer to center of continuum
Internships
• Student the primary beneficiary• Focus on student learning
– Goal is to acquire skills and knowledge
Field Education
• Service activities related to but not fully integrated into academics
• Focus on maximizing student learning
Service Learning
• Equal benefit to provider and recipient of service
• Equal focus on service and learning• Must have academic context that ensures
– Service enhances learning– Learning enhances service
Examples:What might each look like?
• Volunteer at hospital• Internship at hospital• Service learning at hospital
“Reciprocity”
• Equal benefit and investment• Every individual, organization, and entity
involved functions as both teacher and learner
•(From: http://www.compact.org/aboutcc/glossary/glossary.html#reciprocity)
Service learning courses
• integrate service and academic course content– each significantly informs and enhances the other
• involve planned benefits for community partner and students• service addresses a need and follows processes that are
mutually agreed upon by partner agency and instructor
• actively guide and support students in critical reflection regarding integration of service and academic course content
Structured Reflection(Critical Analysis)
• Connects the experience to the coursework• Provides opportunity for students to share
project progress and concerns on ongoing basis
• Facilitates exchange of relevant information between students, instructor and community
• Provides safe space for grappling with emotions that arise from service experience
• http://www.compact.org/disciplines/reflection/faq/structured-part2.html
Benefits of Service LearningFor the Community
• Enhances positive relationships with the college
• Provides awareness-building of community issues, agencies, and constituents
• Contributes to positive exposure in the community
• May help to secure outside funding
For the Institution
• Facilitates teaching, research, and program development
• Increases institution’s awareness of societal issues as they relate to academic areas of interest
• Engages faculty and students in local and state community issues
• Provides opportunities to extend College’s knowledge and resources
For the Student
• Applies concepts from the classroom to your service
• Provides platforms to analyze and discuss civic values
• Increases your sense analytical skills• Develops meaningful involvement with the
local community