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Introduction

Task

Process

What is Service Learning?

Benefits and Components

Outcomes

Resources

Evaluation

Conclusion

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Service-Learning:

• Increases the relevancy of education to students “living in a real world.

• Enhances personalized education for students.

• Teaches positive values, leadership, citizenship and personal responsibility.

• Invites students to become members of the community.

• Contributes to a university’s outreach efforts to the local community.

• Increases campus-community collaboration and partnerships.

• Contributes hours of service to people in need.

There are three basic components to effective service-learning:

The first is sufficient preparation, which includes setting objectives for skills to be learned or issues to consider, and includes planning projects so they contribute to learning at the same time work gets done.

The second component is simply performing the service.

Third, the participant attempts to analyze the experience and draw lessons, through such means as discussion with others and reflection on the work.

Outcomes

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