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Definitions of Service-learning at
“Serving to Learn and Learning to Serve”
“Academic Service Learning
is a pedagogy that integrates service in the community with academic study
(theory/curriculum). Faculty, in
partnership with representatives of non-profit, community organizations, design
service learning projects based on two main
objectives. § Meeting identified
community needs, which helps strengthen the community § Advancing the
students’ understanding of course content Strong reflective components
are built into the course to help students consider relationships between their
service, the course curriculum, and its impact on their personal values and
professional goals. Co-curricular Service Learning differs only with regard to a link to course content. It maintains the service to meet a community
need and includes strong reflection and evaluation components. Generally these
service activities are directed under the leadership of student organizations
and groups.” (Adapted from The
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