Service Learning

 

        

 

     

What is service-learning?

"Service-learning means a method under which students learn and develop through thoughtfully-organized service that:  is conducted in and meets the needs of a community and is coordinated with an institution of higher education, and with the community; helps foster civic responsibility; is integrated into and enhances the academic curriculum of the students enrolled; and includes structured time for students to reflect on the service experience."  

  _{-Adopted from the American Association for higher Education Series:  Service-Learning in the Disciplines, entitled:  Writing the Community:  Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in............(and condensed from the Corporation for National Service).}