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1.0 Definition Service Learning is a teaching method that combines meaningful service to the community with curriculum-based learning. Students improve their academic skills by applying what they learn in school to the real world then reflect on their experience to reinforce the link between their service and their learning. Service Learning is a teaching strategy that connects classroom curriculum with service projects. Service Learning engages students in projects that serve the community while building social, civic, and academic skills. Service Learning projects help students develop the tools and understandings to be effective and knowledgeable leaders in the diverse community where they will work and live. Service Learning is an opportunity for students to learn critical skills through project development, implementation, and reflection. By participating in high quality Service Learning experiences students learn the invaluable skill of being able to organize information, resources, and people in order to improve the community. High quality Service Learning projects will have the following characteristics such as integrated learning, high quality service, student voice, responsibility, collaboration, evaluation and reflection.

2.0 Goals The Service Learning program is guided by three core areas of learning like personal, civic, and academic. 2.1 Personal Learning that included:

Patience Communication Decision making skills Problem solving skills Public speaking skills Increased confidence relating with others of different age, socio-economic, Listening Relationship building ethnic,

or gender identity group

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Practicing confidentiality Organizational skills 2.2 Civic Learning that included:

An understanding of the impact of the student role at the organization An understanding of the organization's mission and role An understanding of the purpose and impact of the organization in the An understanding of the social issue(s) that the organization addresses 2.3 Academic Learning that involved:

community

Understanding objectives of Service Learning project in course syllabus Relating course concepts and theories in the community project and bringing that

back into the classroom

3.0 Benefit to student When the student involve in this Service Learning, they can get many benefit such as increase awareness of current issues as they relate to academic areas of interest. This project enrich student learning of course material and bring books to life and life to books. Students will active learning that demonstrates the relevance and importance of academic work for their life experience and career choices. It also improves interpersonal skills that increasingly as important skills in achieving success in professional and personal matters. Students can also develop civic responsibility through active community involvement.

4.0 Benefit to community Community have some benefit from the Service Learning that it provides substantial human resources to meet educational, human, safety and environmental needs of local communities. It also allows the energy and enthusiasm of college students to contribute to meeting needs. This Service Learning builds an ethic of service and civic participation in students who will

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be volunteers and civic leaders. Besides, it creates potential for additional partnerships and collaborative with the campus.

5.0 How does student learn if participate Students who are involved in meaningful Service Learning do better on tests, show a sense of self-esteem and purpose, connect with the community, and want to be more civically engaged. Engagement in learning is closely linked to student achievement and other outcomes, such as reduced dropout rates and youth risk. School engagement has been defined to include behavioural components such as active participation in school activities, and psychological components such as interest, enjoyment, and efforts to fully understand subject matter. Other types of student engagement outside of school have also been explored, including community engagement and civic engagement. Service Learning includes several strategies that research has identified as likely to increase student engagement, such as highlighting ways that learning can be applied in real-life situations. It also helping students feel that schoolwork is significant, valuable and worthy of their efforts. Service Learning allowing students to have some degree of control over learning. It provide an assigning challenging but achievable tasks, stimulating students curiosity about the topic being studied and designing projects that allow students to share new knowledge with others. Recent research on Service Learning has documented positive effects of Service Learning participation on student engagement and has begun to explore the hypothesis that engagement may mediate the relationship between Service Learning and academic achievement. The students who participated in Service Learning were significantly more likely to say that they enjoyed school than students who did not participate. Students who were involved in indirect service (e.g. fundraising or research) showed the highest levels of academic engagement. The Service Learning found that participating students had more positive perceptions of their teachers, more of a sense of belonging to their classroom and more emotional engagement. Students also indicated that they developed a sense of being able to make a difference. The study used interviews, focus groups, surveys and observations to collect data. As a conclusion, during my experience doing Service Learning approve that all fact above. I am very happy to do this project and hopefully it can be remains as particular in academic subject.

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References 1. Jeanne H. Ballantine, Floyd M.Hammack. The Sociology of Education 6th Edition. 2009. Pearson Prentice Hall. New Jersey. 2. www. service learning/mission_statement.htm 3. www.service learning/sldppage.html 4. www.Service-Learning and Student Engagement _ Learn and Serve America's National Service-Learning Clearinghouse.htm