What is a Service-Learning Class?
These courses have several very important characteristics: |
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Service activities are clearly linked to what you learn. Service is one of the means you will use to meet your learning objectives. The service you provide is decided by the community agency with which you work. The university, instructor, or students do not decide for the community partner what will be done, but work with them to decide how to best use students talents and knowledge to meet a community identified need. The partnership with the agency is reciprocal. You get out of the relationship as much as you give. There is much to learn from the service experience and from the people with whom you work. You will reflect on the experience. Reflection assignments will help you clarify how the experience reinforces course concepts, grow as a citizen, and relate the experience and concepts to issues of social justice. You will reflect before, during, and after the experience. |
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