explain in your own words what “service-learning” is‚ and how you expect it to be different from your other classes. (Be sure to explain both the service side and learning side to service-learning.) Service learning can be referred to as the act of students leaving their classrooms and exploring their community In order to make learning come alive and to experience live connection between their education and day to day activities in their communities. Service learning differs from volunteering or
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Service-learning is a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience‚ teach civic responsibility‚ and strengthen communities. It’s coordinated with an elementary school‚ secondary school‚ institution of higher education‚ or community service programs‚ and with the community. Service Learning is integrated into and enhances the academic curriculum of the students or the educational components of the community
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Service-learning i.e. community service with organizations or out-class opportunities for communicational learning. First‚ it provides students an eye-open experience by “pushing” students out of their comfort zones to view the outside world. Second‚ service-learning helps students gain communication skills because they have to talk and interact with different group of people. Not only to view and to talk‚ but also to think. Students make connections between what we learn from the book and what we
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Honestly. What is the point of this? I have so many things that I’d rather be doing in my spare time than going out in the public to do some stupid service learning project. Those were the exact words that flowed through my head while the assignment was being explained to the class. Even though I was not excited about this project in the least bit‚ I knew that it had to be done and it had to be done right. I was really hoping to work with kids and bring in a cool black light to show them some germs
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One of my service learning projects was based on my bill to the president. I addressed an issue that is contradicting our environment from the past years and is still occurring today. My bill topic was about racial profiling towards black people from the police and how it’s affecting our country. I wrote my bill to the president to show him what others think about the conflict that is occurring; And what laws we want the government to change to make this country a safer place for every race. I felt
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As many schools are encouraging students to become involved in service-learning projects‚ our school is reaching out to the community for suggestions for projects to do. Service- learning projects give students a chance to help their community. They also learn valuable life skills and get the chance to make a difference. One project that would allow students to gain this new knowledge would be building a house or repairing homes for people in need in the community. If the school paired up with
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My Learning Style April Adams University of Louisville My Learning Style Adult Learners have inclinations about their particular learning style‚ but these sometimes represent issues or barriers in learning used in the classroom or on the job. Using Kolb’s Learning Cycle‚ I will outline and describe my learning styles‚ which I discovered using the Felder’s Index (Felder‚ 1993) and Kolb’s Learning Style (http://www.businessballs.com/kolbslearningstyles.html). The
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This paper reports a Service Learning Project that was completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Lifecycle Nutrition Course. First the author will give brief information about their victim. Next the author will explain the results of the victim’s three-day meal assessment. Finally‚ the author closes with a brief summary and synthesis.” 3. Body Paragraph 1 – What‚ when‚ where. My service-learning project was constructed around a 27-year-old male. In the initial consultation he claimed
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Service Learning Experience Reflection Christians Reaching Out for Social Services (CROSS) is a nonprofit organization supporting the communities of Maple Grove‚ Rodgers‚ Osseo‚ Champlin (west)‚ Corcoran‚ and Dayton‚ Minnesota. Since CROSS was established in 1977‚ they have been supporting low income families and individuals by providing grocery service‚ meal delivery‚ clothing‚ and social services support (“Welcome to CROSS‚” 2017). Over the period of three days‚ February 8th‚ 10th‚ and 12th‚ I
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My role in the service learning project is the facilitator. The facilitator’s role in service learning is to lead team discussions and coordinate the team’s actions. This role is very important since the facilitator helps make sure that the team is doing what they are supposed to do it is crucial to the outcome of the project. Doing a service learning project at a place such as the ASPCA seems like nothing but fun‚ but there is more work involved than just that. It is a learning process where you
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