SERVICE LEARNING

a teaching and learning approach that integrates community service with academic study to enrich learning, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities.

Students who participate in service-learning are more engaged in their studies and more motivated to learn Active learning process (oral

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SERVICE LEARNING

Is a form of project based learning in which academic goals are accomplished through community service. Service learning develops citizenship, responsibility, and many other positive character virtues. It is a powerful approach to teaching that provides students with authentic learning experiences in which they learn academic content in a real life, 3/22/13

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Promotes learning through active participation Provides structured time for students to reflect Provides an opportunity to use skills and knowledge in real-life situations Extends learning beyond the classroom
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Offers powerful opportunities to

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Accepting Responsibility Becoming an Independent Member of Society Respecting Human Worth and Dignity Participating in Civic Affairs Promoting Healthy Democratic Foundations and Functions Developing respect for the rights of others, respect for the law, civility, open-mindedness, critical 3/22/13 mindedness, civic mindedness, and

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Acquire good listening skills Improve and build effective questioning skills Build coalitions Manage conflict Perform community and school service Develop discriminating use of media resources Evaluate information and arguments 3/22/13

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Volunteerism Service-Learning Youth Service Community Service Peer Helping Experiential Education Community-Based Learning
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positive, meaningful and real to the participants Connection to larger community cooperative rather than competitive experiences; promotes teamwork and citizenship addresses complex problems in

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SERVICE LEARNING

Learning happens through cycle of actions and reflections when work with others It is reciprocal in nature benefitting both community and the service providers To understand real world challenges develop personal and social responsibility

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students are able to identify the most important issues within a real-world situation through critical thinking promotes deeper learning; there are no "right answers" in the back of the book generates emotional consequences, which challenge values and ideas 3/22/13

CIVIC VIRTUE

Standard of righteous behavior in relation to citizens involvement in society Relating to, belonging to society Advocacy of various causes like political,econamical,civil,environment al and quality of life issues etc Productive,responsible,caring and contributing member of society3/22/13 citizenship

CIVIC VIRTUE

Moral underpinning of how a citizen relates to society Less likely to look beyond families if they dont understand civic virtue When we try to engage others to persuade them, we open ourselves up to persuasion at the same time

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CIVIC VIRTUE

Unawareness, insensitivity to issues,selfishness,faulty reasoning, pressure force people to not to follow civic sense to civic virtues such as equal rights, tolerance, respect and the capacity to make a difference; In community action and political processes to solve problems and 3/22/13 protect the rights and interests of the

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People are not born with the knowledge, the civic skills, the dispositions, nor the will they need as citizens Civic virtue and character are shaped through acquisition of knowledge, intellectual skills, and participatory skills. Participatory skills must be taught, understood, practiced, and reinforced in order to preserve and improve democracy for present and future generations.

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SERVICE LEARNING

The function of education is make people realize the sense of belonging to the world and to teach them to think intensively and to think criticallyIntelligence plus character--that is the goal of true education.

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