Service-learning

For my service learning project, I tutored at Central Community College in the ESL classroom. The class consisted of usually around nine or ten adults aging around twenty-one to fifty or sixty year olds. After Mrs. Alma taught her lesson, it was my job to go around and assist the students if they had trouble completing their worksheets. The class was in need for more native English speakers to assist with the learning process of the students. Even though there were not that many students, I had…

is a course on service learning. I thought it would be like Freshman Orientation 101 where we would learn more history about Alabama A&M University, but both classes are very different. This semester I have learned how important it is for an individual to give back to their community. I learned the meaning of service learning. Service-learning is a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience,…

knowledge of the issues occurring around me, but after going to these events and listening to the class lecture, I have found there is a lot for me to learn from to have a greater understanding of what is going on around me. Because of this Service-L Learning course, I learned I need to be open-minded about the impact individuals, such as myself, have on the community, so I can better help the individuals in my community. This experience was different than what I expected because I expected to…

Service Learning Reflection Journal I had the chance to be a volunteer at Friend’s Place Adult Day Services in McKinney. This is an exceptional day care center for seniors with Alzheimer’s disease of different stages. The place has a warm, family friendly setting allowing members (clients/patients) to feel at home. The facility provides services for the members designed to assist them in their day to day living. It offers care and socialization which includes games, dancing, simple learning…

Description: Every child is unique with his or her learning styles and ability. It is necessary for instructors to differentiate material with consideration of each student’s interests and learning needs. Therefore, educators must provide students with multiple teaching tactics to develop each student ability of critical thinking and learning. Differentiation of instruction needs to be used classroom in order to support students regardless of learning differences. Rationale: To document my…

during the service learning project was great. Throughout the weeks allocated for the service learning project, I tutored grade two and grade three students from three different schools under two agencies. The names of the agencies are Lion Catcher and MLK Community Center. The project gave me the opportunity to work with little kids for a long time. This also gives me the privilege to help me to work with people who are eager to work and vice versa. The purpose at which the service learning…

The only way to gain experience is to put in the hours, and Gustavus Adolphus’ study buddy program creates the ample opportunity for future educators to spend time volunteering in classrooms as part of a service learning experience. There were a variety of openings avaible this semester to interact and observe the daily events that take place inside of a public school. I personally took advantage of a need for a math tutor for freshman students as part of study hall at St. Peter High Middle and…

After taking the HUM 270H course and learning about leadership and volunteering, I have decided to change my major. I will now be majoring in Nonprofit Administration. When deciding what I would chose for my service learning project I wanted to incorporate something that I could connect with and I would enjoy doing. For my project I made goals and planned out the activities, I learned more about myself and the community, as well as how this project connected to concepts learned in class. I…

Missouri students on the first day of our two-week service-learning experience in Chaing Rai, Thailand. Not only was I an ocean away, in another time zone, and fourteen hours away from America, but I was also standing still in a bustling airport full of audible sounds and written characters comprising of a language, and the language was not my own, nor did I know a single utterance of the language. Before the journey to Thailand, our service-learning group had several meetings about our worries…

Service Learning Project A school supply drive is an easy way to have a profound impact on students and their learning experiences, which can make a school be a better place for both students and teachers by a simple act of providing school supplies. In recent years, many schools have been built by private funds and donated to the Cambodia government with hope that public funds would be earmarked to outfit and maintain them. Sadly, such support has not been forthcoming. With government funds to…