Example Of Service Learning

In the assigned article entitled “Why Service Learning” by Bruce W. Speck, it provides great insight as to why we need to engage in service learning. This article focused on the questions that were like the reasoning behind service learning and how does it benefit the student. One definition in the article that stood out to me was service learning being defined as a pedagogy that fosters the development of skills and knowledge needed for participation in public life. This was prevalent because it allows the student to network with others outside of the community while giving back. Service learning was created to get away from the traditional way of learning while implementing a new learning system.

”One of us is to furnish a repast for the hounds. The other will sleep in this very excellent bed. On guard Rainsford.” Said the general neither of them went to the hounds for a repast but rather they both slept in a cozy bed.

Macbeth by William Shakespeare places a lot of importance on women and their roles in Macbeth’s life. Throughout the story, the major female characters of the play helped set Macbeth on a path that he was going to lead him to his downfall. The Weird Sisters and Lady Macbeth helped shape Macbeth by constantly showing him glimpses of a more successful future and ways of achieving this success, but also giving him a false sense of security. The women of the play are the main cause of the downfall of Macbeth because through deception they cause him to commit murder promising he will become king, but then don’t help him when he is in danger of losing his position.

The purpose of service learning is to teach new skills and information. It is also meant to teach responsibility and strengthen the communities. (Office of Civic Engagement & Service Learning, 2015) Service learning is a form of community service and is meant to enrich people’s lives. It helps them to have a better understanding about things going on in this world.

Initially, it was my understanding the article would discuss the positive impacts on a student after completing a service learning outside one’s home country. In regard to “hard questions,” I assumed the author would address challenges that arise while working with individuals that live in a different culture from our own, speak a different language from our own, etc. I thought the “impact” mentioned in the title was dealing with the student who was venturing out to complete the service work, and not the recipient of the service learning.

The $100 solution is a service learning model that institutionalizes community development. This solution is meant to encourage students from all grades and age ranges, to interact with people in their community and create sustainable projects to make their community better.

Service-learning is an educational involvement that balances the academic development and a personal experience with the opportunity to serve the community. During this second semester I have the opportunity to experience again what a service learning is. I did my service learning at the Gladys Porter Zoo here in Brownsville, which give me a significant experience by having learned how important the zoos are, specially the Gladys Porter Zoo. Brownsville have this great opportunity of having a Zoo, which plays an important role in education, recreation and conservation of animals. In fact, during this 8 hours that I offer my service, by having dealt with animals, the Gladys Porter Zoo show me how they make the life of the animals go easier than

Service Learning is defined as a type of teaching and learning strategy that combines community service with reflection and instruction to help enhance the learning experience and as well as strengthen communities. Some examples of service learning are; working with political organizations, neighborhood associations and a tutor elementary or secondary students are a variety of subjects. Service Learning can be implemented into many majors, such as psychology majors, nursing majors, and health and food science majors -- just to name a few.

Service learning is an up and coming method of teaching in many universities across the country. Community service and volunteering are very similar to service learning, so similar in fact that people tend to get them confused or believe that they are all the same thing. Although, they are similar to service learning projects, they are not at all the same. Service learning projects are educationally based projects that are not only beneficial to the community in which students and educators are working in, but it is also beneficial to the students and educators who are working with the community (McDonald & Dominguez, 2015).

By participating in Service Learning I have learned that helping others in and around the community not only makes myself feel good for helping someone, but also leaves a positive impact on those that I help/interact with. I love volunteering at the elementary schools over the years I have realized how hard teachers work and by helping them out once a week by grading some papers, making copies and any other busy work they may have for me to do. Also working at the little kid camp I learned that it takes a lot of patients to work with kids trying to get them to listen, follow instructions and learn a routine is way harder than you think it would be. By contributing my free time to help others out I hope I am able to leave a positive impact on

Incorporating service learning with academics is overall beneficial to students. With the combination of both in-class learning and community service, students are given the opportunity to use what they learn in class in the real world. Through this process, students are given skills that they will continue to use for the rest of their lives. Service learning improves students’ interactions with their peers and encourages them to become active leaders in their

For my service-learning assignment, I will be assisting students with their English via, Learn English Online (LEO). Our first week was used as an Open House, where we tried to work out some technical errors, and get a feel for the program we will be using. This was our first week of LEO, and I had only one student, Suyuan Chen, a 26-year-old PhD student from China. Since it was an Open House, there wasn’t an exact lesson for the week, but I did take the opportunity to go over Past Tense Verbs with Suyuan. I had her tell me stories about previous vacations, so I could hear her use verbs in the past tense, and help her correct her speech. Suyuan, also had some issues when it comes to using plurals, and singular forms of a noun, we worked on

Switching teachers, students, and even the academic level of students makes for both an interesting and somewhat difficult transition in terms of service learning. Unlike Mrs. Gawriluk’s classes, which throughout the day honors or advanced placement, Mrs. Casanova’s classes are regular Government in the morning and regular Economies in the afternoon. The rapport I have with the students is also a bit lacking, as I have only ever meet the students once during an observation under my internship class. As such, I have not been able to have group interactions with the students, and the students are more hesitant to seek help from me within the classroom. As only one notable example of me answering a student’s question comes to mind; the question itself was based on my opinion of UCF, not even on the content within their class. Beyond this change, Mrs. Casanova is a young, first year teacher that did not graduate without a full Education degree. While I had expected to see this teacher’s newbie like style to come out, I however, have been pleasantly surprised to see Mrs. Casanova doing more or less what Mrs. Gawriluk does within her class. This of course is due to the PLC in which she and another teacher are in with Gawriluk, and the support the school gives to new teachers. This Empowering of school culture comes into play within these PLC groups, as teachers who are regular, first year teachers are paired with veteran, AP or honors teachers. This helps get rid of the stigma first year teachers may have about teaching regular kids, as the strategies and support they receive are tailored to higher achieving students.

On our first meeting with Mr. Dante Rarangol, he mentioned one of the essential requirement that he obliged us to do, is to work and serve other people whole heartedly not just for the sake of our grades, but also for the sake of ourselves. He let us realize the feeling of after-serving. The feeling of fulfillment after you serve because you’d extended your arm for the people in the community. He wants us to feel and love what we are doing because only in loving our job is getting that feeling of fulfillment. We discussed on our first meeting “What is Service Learning”, he also informed us about the new curriculum the one they had attended at their seminar. It is all about “The Environmental Education and Information Division, DENR”. Our

Service learning represents a new paradigm within higher education. Service learning, as defined by Jacoby (1996), is “a form of experiential education in which students engage in activities that address human and community needs together with structured opportunities intentionally designed to promote learning and development” (p. 5). Service learning combines community involvement with academic instruction and provides students with the opportunity to enhance their understanding of course content by having them actively experience the subject matter being studied. As Applegate and Morreale (2006) noted, “Service learning is what happens when students are afforded the opportunity to practice what they are learning in the disciplines, in community settings where their work benefits others” (p. x).