| What is Service Learning |
What is Service Learning?
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Service-learning is a teaching method that combines community service with
academic instruction as it focuses on critical, reflective thinking and civic
responsibility. University service-learning programs involve students in
organized community service that addresses local needs, while developing their
academic skills, sense of civic responsibility, and commitment to the
community.
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Distinguishing Characteristics of Some
Common Student Community-Based Experiences
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Community Service
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Enhanced Academic Learning
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Purposeful Civic Learning
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| Volunteering or Community Service |
Yes
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No
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No
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| Co-Curricular Service Learning |
Yes
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No
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Yes
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| Academic Service-Learning |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Internship |
Yes*
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Yes
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No
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*Not all internships involve service in the community.
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From “Three Necessary Criteria for Academic Service-Learning,” by
Jeffrey Howard, 2001, Michigan Journal of Community Service-Learning:
Service-Learning Course Design Workbook, Companion Volume, p.13.
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