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Service Learning 101 for Students:What, Why & How?
Brenda Marsteller Kowalewski, Ph.D.Community-Based & Experiential Learning
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Objectives
Define Service-Learning.
Why faculty engage students in service-learning.
Essential characteristics of a good service-learning project.
Possible service sites and/or projects.
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Service Learning: What Is It?
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.”
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Corporation for National and Community Service
Promotes learning through active participation Provides structured time for students to reflect Provides a opportunities to use skills and
knowledge in real-life situations Extends learning beyond the classroom Fosters a sense of caring for others
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Community service example
You tutor children in reading and math in the Ogden City School District.
That’s volunteerism.
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Service-learning example
You tutor children in the OCSD, analyze what you are learning about the
consequences of poverty as it relates to education, share the results of your analysis and offer
suggestions to the teacher/school to help address the consequences of poverty you’ve observed,
and then reflect on your experience.
THAT is service-learning!
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Why faculty engage their students in Service-Learning
You benefit!
Faculty benefit!
Community
benefits!
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You Benefit Personally
sense of personal efficacy personal identity spiritual growth moral development interpersonal development
– the ability to work well with others– Leadership– communication skills
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Raises Your Awareness
community issues and needs
how to be part of the solution rather than the problem
cultural & racial understanding
social responsibility and citizenship skills
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Your Academic Learning Increases
Application of what you have learned to “the real world”
Complexity of understanding Problem solving Critical thinking Cognitive development Career development
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Faculty Benefit
Students learn the core information that faculty want them to learn.
Enriches classroom discussion and lectures with relevant real world experiences.
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Community Benefits
Increased: 72% Services 52% Volunteers 49% Clients Served 49% Resources 45% Project Completion 45% Collaboration 24% Staff Recruitment
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Good Service-Learning Involves:
YOU having a genuine interest in your project.
YOU sharing your knowledge and talents with those being served at your service site.
YOU learning from the knowledge and talents of those being served at your service site.
YOU reflecting on your service experience continuously throughout the semester.
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Good Service-Learning Involves:
YOU actively trying to understand what you are learning in your service experience in relationship to course material.
YOU actively trying to understand course material in terms of how it relates to your service project.
YOU making a difference!
YOU learning!
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Possible Service Sites
See handout provided
Volunteer Guide Booklet on WSU Community Service web page:– http://organizations.weber.edu/volunteerinfo/
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Campus Resource
CBEL office - Brenda Kowalewski, Director Library Suite 57
– 626-7737 Sociology SS 126
– 626-7893 [email protected]
CBEL web page– http://programs.weber.edu/CBEL (under
construction)
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Campus Resource
Office of Student Involvement and Leadership
Kari Petersen, Community Service Director– 626-6890– [email protected]
Community Service Web page– http://organizations.weber.edu/volunteerinfo/
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Online Resources
National Service-Learning Clearinghouse– www.servicelearning.org
Campus Compact– www.campuscompact.org
Utah Campus Compact– www.utahcampuscompact.org
