S-L training to change the world

Service- Learning: Training to change the world

1r Congrés Català de l'Educació Física i de l'Esport 7th FIEP European Congress

June 2012

Roser Batlle

What is the ultimate aim of learning?

Promoting individual curriculum and competence?

Promoting empathy and generosity for a

better world?

What changes are needed?

Talent education? Creativity education? Technological skills? Learning to learn skills? Competency education?

But... They were creative...

They had talents...

They had a good academical level...

They were good communicators...

They had reached a good level in the PISA evaluation...

They were competent!

We can not build a

just society with

mediocre citizens...

Adela Cortina

Educational success

Social commitment

Service-Learning

Tutors to tell stories

Service action

Boys and girls prepare stories to narrate to little children, in order to improve their skills in listening, reading , and understanding.

Learning

Oral communication skills, imagination, concentration, empathy, personal responsibility.

Helping little children to read!

Blood donation campaign

Learning

Knowledgeable about blood and donation needs. Organisation and communication skills. Empathy, initiative, responsibility.

Increasing blood supply for hospitals!

Service action

Boys and girls organize their own blood donation campaign in the neigbourhood and collaborate with the Blood Bank.

Blood Bank Schools

Particular outcomes (2010-2011) 82 Schools and Youth clubs participating.

4,168 donations.

1,232 new donors.

Without raising a hand

Service action

In the applied Visual Communication subject, boys and girls design and develop a TV program on small community based organisations.

Learning

Knowledge and skills on the subject; well versed in the city; life-skills and working in group skills; empathy, responsibility, initiative.

Helping little community based organizations to spread their goals

Mataró Town Council

Fundació Hospital

Local Television

Secondary School

Social entities

Particular outcomes 52 community based organisations of Mataró have their own

documentaries.

Bring back Ripoll river to life Regenerating and protecting ecological richness of Ripoll river!

Service action

Boys and girls with special needs collaborate in an ecological campaign: 1. eliminating invading plants. 2. making nest boxes for birds that feed

on caterpillars.

Learning

Environmental knowledge. Favorable and unfavorable plants. Citizenship participation. Preventing work risks. Tool and technical skills. Social and communication skills.

ADENC E.E.E. Xaloc

Particular outcomes (2011-2012) 100 meters cleared out from invading plants (riverside).

20 nest boxes built.

Repopulated several species of toads and frogs.

Ticboi & Biciboi

Service action

Boys and girls with social difficulties recycle computers and bikes for people who need them, and also organize traffic education workshops for Primary schools.

Learning

Self-esteem, commitment, perseverance, technical skills, working together, social and communication skills in adults and children.

Recycling and collaborating in traffic education!

Fundació Marianao

Primary Schools

Cooperation NGO's

Local associations

Particular outcomes 110 computers and 400 bikes repaired.

75 traffic education workshops in 20 Primary Schools.

Kilometers for solidarity

Service action

Children organize fundraising campaign through solidarity race for the rights of children with social, health or economic needs.

Learning

Interest in learning and understanding the world; critical analysis and reflection; empathy and generosity.

Protecting the rights of vulnerable children!

Save the Children Primary and

Secondary Schools

Particular outcomes 2010-2011 1,249 schools participating.

308,000 children and youths involved in Spain (15,230 in Catalunya).

Communication Workshop

Service action

BBA students, after following a Public Speaking Module, design and develop a Communication Workshop for Secondary students.

Learning

Self-knowledge and self-confidence, empathy, overcoming stage fright, linking the needs of the community, communication skills, leadership.

Improving oral communication of Secondary students!

Sant Cugat Town Council

Local Branch, dep. of Education

ESADE

Institut Angeleta

Ferrer

Institut Arnau Cadell

Institut Pla

Farreras

Institut Leonardo da Vinci

Social need

Service action

Learning

What projects have in common?

Community Networking

Service-Learning =

Learning by doing a service to the community

A complete definition

An articulated educational activity that combines learning process and

community service wherein students learn to work on present social needs

with the aim of improving them

Definition by Centre Promotor ApS

Combination of two elements

Practical learning

Service to the community

Service- Learning

Learning improves Community Service, because it

strives for quality...

... and the service makes Learning work, because it allows

practical application.

Service-Learning

Backgrounds

A way to understand citizenship: based on active participation and contribution to improve the quality of life in the society.

A way to understand learning: based on social responsibility, research, reflection and action.

A way to understand human values education: based on experience and practical habits.

I We Others

Service-Learning strengthens discovery of others, of empathy and of generosity.

Service to the community:

Several excellent practices

aim to improve sensibility

and awareness.

Service-Learning requires

personal commitment by

doing service to others.

Sensibility Commitment

Boys and girls can

do

Enhancing awarness of the people

Collaborating in logistic

tasks

Arguing, protecting,

claiming

Sharing knowledge

Helping people with difficulties

Fundraising for a social

cause

Service actions

Reciprocity

If boys and girls are aware of learning achieved through service, they can

express gratitude,

rather than expecting other people to thank them.

Integral education

Service-Learning provides children and youths opportunities to enhance:

Citizenship participation

Human Values

education

Knowledge and

competencies

Social skills

Self-esteem

Service-learning is an educational project with a social aim.

Educational success

Social commitment

Conclussions

Service-Learning is a discovery, not an invention: schools and social entities practise it without being aware of it.

Service-learning promotes social capital in the community.

Working with others

Trust and safety

Values and rules

Service-learning is a training for social entrepreneurship.

"La saltadora" by Jordi Barba

To know more:

www.aprenentatgeservei.cat

www.zerbikas.es

www.aprendizajeservicio.net

www.apscantabria.org

www.clayss.org.ar

www.nylc.org

www.servicelearning.org

www.servicelearning.de

The ultimate aim of education is to train competent citizens

capable of changing the world.

If not, what is the education for?

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