Service-learning

Our 44th president Barack Obama once said “The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something, Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.” Obama is trying to tell us that we should go out and do good things by helping others. By helping others, you’re providing service to others. Giving back to your community and helping others is just a part of life. You may not receive an incentive for your service, but you have greatly affected them in a positive way! As a squad leader in my platoon, I am responsible for leading and taking charge of my squad. This includes attendance, assigning tasks to my squad member, and motivating…

Service learning is a reciprocal relationship between students and communities1; the focus is on enhancing the learning of all involved: the student, the teacher and the community, all of whom learn something from each other2. Students’ exposure to real life situations outside the classroom allows for application of theory as well as a prime opportunity for the student to work one on one in settings that are non contrived. This allows the student to develop and hone problem solving and critical…

There is a call for research on how to effectively incorporate service learning in counselor education programs (ACES, 1990). The literature review and the findings of this study reveal that service learning can be an effective pedagogical practice for counselor training. Service learning is broadly defined as pedagogical model that integrates academic learning and community involvement. However, how counselor educators’ use this pedagogical practice rests within their teaching and learning…

Service Learning It is a learning tool that solidifies the classroom pedagogy and enables the students to relate to global issues. The pedagogical method of learning integrates community service into class curriculum thus making the students part of the learning process. Service learning empowers students and enables them to think critically and analyze real world issues and problems to be able to give a recommendation. Students develop abilities like teamwork, excellent communication skills,…

Impacts of Experimental Service-Learning Course Service-learning course’s goal is to improve students’ academic success by involving them into work in the community, which have to improve their language skills, leadership skills and increase their civic engagement concept. The service-learning course’s value is being ambivalent by its impact on providers and receivers of the service. Different studies has shown different positive impacts of the service-learning course, such as solving issues…

Service-learning reaches out beyond simple classroom learning by providing knowledge of real-life situations and deals with complex problems. The beneficial experience of service-learning will remain with someone for future situations. Appealing to both emotions and intellect, service-learning interests students for continuous learning. According to research, service-learning neither improves nor harms students’ abilities to learn. Therefore, the term “learn” must fit another definition in order…

Service learning is to learn from volunteerism and training during that volunteer time, as nurses our education is based highly on the good will towards men, women, and children. There are hundreds of areas in which nurses can volunteer and learn from their experiences, the end goal which is that of growth and development in order to better serve our clients. Today nursing faces a variety of issues in which there is always room to grow, mostly these areas include serving those with cultural…

This week’s readings helped me to understand that even though the students at my campus are high achievers with families who regularly support them and our campus, they too can benefit from community based service learning projects. Russell (2007) found that service learning projects is a student centered learning activity where students have the opportunity to build leadership and problem solving skills in an hands-on manner (p. 770). It also showed me that I had previously, although…

For my service learning placement, I decided to volunteer my time with the Greater Ohio Virtual School and was able to tutor two students for about 18 hours and 30 minutes. The subject areas that I focused on with these students were Spanish and English. This service learning experience has altered my perspectives on identity and personal development and has taught me valuable lessons that I intend to remember for my career as a future educator. For instance, in relation to clarifying my…

Service learning is important for many reasons. It teaches you to put others first. When doing service learning you are often put in someone else’s shoes. Whether you are in the shoes of a gardener, a teacher or a clerk, you learn to appreciate the hard work they do on a daily basis. I'm fortunate enough to have everything I need at my fingertips, but that’s not the case for everyone. While helping others, you realize what everyday things you take for granted. This quarter I helped my french…