What+is+Service+Learning?

Service learning is a teaching method that combines academic instruction, meaningful service, and critical reflective thinking to enhance learning and civic responsibility. It differs from community service or volunteerism in that the service activity is integrated with academic curriculum and content. Major Objective ** While a voluntary service project is the central activity,, it is the lessons that are learned from the experience that are actually the major objective. The main goal is the “transformation” of the participants so that they develop a sense of responsibility and caring for others, confidence in their own ability to make a difference in their communities, and an ability to work together with people from different backgrounds to their own.  Service-learning Project Ideas ** Students can choose among three different kinds of project in which they plan, prepare, carry out, reflect on, and celebrate:
 * Service Learning **
 * What Is Service Learning? **
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 * direct (students interact with those they serve)
 * indirect (students perform service without firsthand contact with those served)
 * action (students educate the public about a cause).