بالخدمة التعلمService Learning

Source: Institute of Youth Development

What is Service Learning?

A teaching and learning approach that integrates community service with academic study to enrich learning, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities.

Benefits of Service Learning

• Improved Academic Achievement• Real Life Experience

• Fosters civic involvement• Improves Social Skills

Effective Service Learning

• Leadership roles/Youth Voice• Learning and development goals• Time• Community needs• Reflection• Evaluation

Developing Intentional Learning Objectives

• Develop a Balance between service and learning

Examples:1. service-LEARNING2. SERVICE-learning3. service learning4. SERVICE-LEARNING

Types of Learning • Citizenship: civic responsibility, individuals’ role in community,

government systems• Social Skills: team work, leadership, communication, diversity

awareness• Intellectual : critical thinking skills, problem solving, decision-

making, knowledge• about social issues, academic subjects, organizing and

planning• Personal: values clarification, personal ability to contribute to

community, self-esteem• Work/Career Exposure: work ethic, job skills, exposure to

career possibilities

What Is Service-Learning?

Who Benefits from Service-Learning?

Students Faculty

Community Partners Site Staff

The UniversityCommunity at Large

Where does Service-Learning Take Place?

Service-learning takes place both in the classroom and in the

community.

Student’s Reflection of Service-Learning

“Students overall get a feeling of accomplishment, confidence, and value as a result of taking part in a service learning experience.”

“The learning outcomes of service learning include development of leadership and problem-solving skills, connecting the theoretical with the practical, and educating students for citizenship.”

Differences in Service Learning

Community-Based Versus

School-Based

Community Service Projects

Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle

Service Activity(Experience)

Reflection/Observation

(What?)

Interpreting(So What?)

Planning/ Applying

(Now What?)

What To Do?

Community ServiceProjects

Resources• Family Strengthening Policy Center (2007). Youth Service-

Learning: A Family-Strengthening Strategy. Washington, DC: National Human Services Assembly.

• Naughton, Sandra (2000). Understanding Service Learning. National Institute on Out-of-School Time at Wellesley College Center for Research on Women.

• ACT for Youth Downstate Center for Excellence (2006). Positive Youth Development Resource Manual.

• Kolb, David (1984). Experiential Learning. Prentice Hall Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

• Institute of Youth Development