The Influence Of Service Learning Projects And Volunteering

It is also a “boundary spanning” activity in that it requires active involvement from people both within and outside of the classroom context, often resulting in participant contributors who represent a variety of generations, ethnicities, social groups, and experience levels (Billig and Furco, 2002, p.vii). Service-learning is designed to reduce the boundaries between an institutional campus environment and the community around it. It is designed to connect learning to real experience through service and reflection (Ball and Schilling, 2006; Becker, 2000). As a baseline to facilitate this development, service-learning is distinct from other types of community service and civic engagement experiences in that the service-learning experience must not only have a service and reflective component but also be clearly tied to the curriculum through learning objectives and theoretical underpinnings (Bloomquist, 2015; Pritchard, 2001). As Barbara Holland, former Director of the U.S. National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, shared, “Service-learning is all in the hyphen. It is the enrichment of specific learning goals through structured community service opportunities that respond to community-identified needs and opportunities.” (Kenworthy-U’Ren, Taylor, and Petri, 2006: 121).

For this service learning project, my group and I organized a goods drive. We placed donation boxes around Denton for art-therapy supplies. The group also held an event on November 6, 2017, at Texas Woman’s University to encourage students to make donations. All the donations went to the Child Advocacy Center in Denton; this organization provides assistance to children that have been victims of physical or sexual abuse. This service learning project relates to the theories and ideas in chapter 13 and chapter 14 of Women’s Lives: A Psychological Exploration. Chapter 13 relates to mental health, and it signifies the importance of social support during stressful

After some research and deliberation, I chose Habitat for Humanity (HFH, 2016) for my service project. There were several reasons that Habitat for Humanity appealed to me. The first reason is that I consider HFH to be a worthy cause is that I appreciate that it’s for a lower income family that would not otherwise be able to afford a home. The facts that the beneficiaries are expected to help build their home or other HFH homes with sweat equity, they’ll pay a mortgage, combined with the way it’s set up so they won’t be able to just sell as a short term flip, gives me the impression that it’s not a freebie entitlement program, but a program that promotes responsibility with some life changing results.

This semester I chose to do my service learning at Volunteers of America, a nonprofit organization that provides affordable housing and other assistance services to low-income citizens. Within this organization I took care of the elderly, both the one’s with disabilities and the one’s without; I helped the staff with daily activities necessary to the organization which affect the residents’ health. Not only did I help with the organizations’ responsibilities but I also decorated the facility for different celebrations and shared time with the residents in the foundation. Some activities included table games, physical exercises, beauty treatments and reading.

If I could do a service learning project I would do an adoption event for cats and dogs, I chose this because a lot of people love animals and I think a lot of people would love to help with this sort of event. Also there are a lot of animals out there that need homes and they absolutely do not deserve to be put down so it’s really important. I think personally talking to people would be the best way to get them involved, possibly having a presentation so more people can focus on you and listen to what you have to say would also work.

My Service Learning Project is being done in a Title 1 high school that is terminal for major discipline issues. The students cut class, curse out teachers, smoke, do drugs, walk out of class, pull out electronic items such as cell phones etc. right in the middle of class, and at any time a group of students will run up in a teacher’s class and attack another student at the drop of a dime. As we walk about anywhere on the school grounds, at any time, a big gang brawl may break out. I mean they beat the blood out of one another. There is currently a PBIS program in place; however, discipline at this school is hard to work with because there are so many individuals that need help. I talked to the principal about some of the issues and was told

According to Felten and Clayton in the article Service Learning, they discuss with us how beneficial service learning is for students, staff, and community members.The effectiveness in Service learning includes the general community coming together to help serve a greater purpose. In regards to college, service learning serves as and experience to gain partnership and collaboration throughout the experience and community.For my service learning narrative, i chose to volunteer again with Ignite Church at James Monroe Elementary. From 2-4 we worked with a group of 4th graders on different activities that consisted of critical thinking, imagination, and problem-solving. The purpose of this afternoon was to connect with at least one of the students

Service Learning is a teaching and learning service that connects the classroom and community. It engages students in projects that benefit the community as well as themselves. My service learning project was volunteering at a dance theater production. This production took place at the Murray Arts Center in Kennesaw, Georgia, on Sunday, November 22.

This is the first hour of the required service learning. While this wasn't the start of the hands on service, this service learning training acted like a prequel. The training was inside ms. soma's classroom. Her class is set up in tables rather than the traditional single desks. looking back at her room, i believed she used that setup, to encourage discussions and collaboration. Within this training session, Ms. Tennison guided us through who and what are El students are, as well as to make the most out of our service learning. i found myself wondering "why someone who came and represented EL students, didn't come from an El background.?" I assumed that Ms.Tennison would've came from an El background, just because she was going to inform

Prior to working on the service learning project, I had to pass the basic income tax course on the IRS website which required a lot of reading. I failed the first attempt so I had to re-read the basic tax course again. I finally passed and was ready for my experience in the service learning project

Before I start my first Service-Learning experience, I predict that it will be educating and exciting to do. The location where I plan to do most of my Service-Learning hours will be with Mobile Nursing Unit. The knowledge I expect to receive while doing my Service-Learning hours would be to learn how to give vital signs; being aware of the communities’ medical needs, and learning to collaborate with others. By learning to give vital signs and being aware of the communities’ needs, it will provide me the opportunity to excel what I may lack at.

Service learning is like community service integrated with academic study in which students are actively learning about their society. There are more pros than cons in service learning. Service learning give students the opportunity to learn about the real world. So, these students can learn how to be a part of their community. This allows participants to develop connections with peers and adults outside their family. It helps students apply what they learn in class to real-life situations. Student service learning can help students with career and cognitive development. In addition, participants can feel that their work is meaningful to others and themselves. Moreover, service learning offer students the freedom to choose their own

Many people get the terms service learning, volunteerism and community service mixed together. All three were made to make a difference somewhere or in someone’s life. The main difference between these services are the primary intentions of the programs. Service learning primary purpose is to learn from the experience and to improve their skills. By doing so, they are helping those in need. Volunteering and community service have the most in common, except the fact that community service can be done without a voluntary basis. Those services are done without the purpose of learning something from it, even though they can have a learning experience. Even though most are volunteers doing the job, many can be paid to volunteer, mainly by their job that persuades their employees to do so.

The amount of community service hours attained by a highschool student could determine whether or not they graduate, but it could also be the key to opening doors for adolescents future. Volunteering by definition is the person who voluntarily offers himself or herself for a service or undertaking (Dictionary,1997). In the province of Ontario high school students must gain 40 hours minimum of community service in order to graduate. Most adolescent high school students try to seek volunteer opportunities that appeal to their interest, that way they will want to participate weekly, annually etc, for example; coaching youth soccer, helping at a food bank or painting sets for the drama department. This essay will discuss skill development and social change being created through volunteering and the positive career paths being formed.

I have volunteered at multiple facilities such as MD Anderson, Habitat for Humanity, Disaster Relief at church but for this assignment I wanted to do something different. I constantly do volunteer work due to the company I work for, Gap Inc. has an organization for employees Be What’s Possible and donates money for the hours I volunteer to the non-profit organization of my choice. My good friend is part of the education department here at UHD and said that some students from other classes were volunteering at juvenile facilities and I was intrigued, therefore I teamed with my volunteer leader for Gap and reached out to see if volunteering there would be an option for me and