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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?
www.roserbatlle.net
