“Service learning is a process of involving students in community service activities combined with facilitated means for applying the experience to their academic and personal development. It is a form of experiential education aimed at enhancing and enriching student learning in course material. When compared to other forms of experiential learning like internships and cooperative education‚ it is similar in that it is student-centered‚ hands-on and directly applicable to the curriculum” (Office
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What exactly is Human Services? Human services is defined as “uniquely approaching the objective of meeting human needs through an interdisciplinary knowledge base‚ focusing on prevention as well as remediation of problems.”(National Organization of Human Services [NOHS]‚ n.d) Ever since I was in my sophomore year of high school I knew that after college I wanted to work with human services in some sort of way. But being a naive sophomore‚ I knew nothing about the careers and the information that
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Paolo Quezon BSBI4A Journal Entry 1 Sir Jose Valentino Martinez Typhoon Haiyan The devastation caused by typhoon Haiyan is still somehow incomprehensible. This caught everyone off-guard and the events during and after are more than abhorring. It was the first of its kind and it might not be the last. I am so thankful for the people that really go out of their way to help the victims of this calamity. I can go as far as saying that I idolize them actually
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As stated by the man in the video‚ a Human Services degree offers a wide range of opportunities in a variety of settings. Those considering a career in this field have a chance to make a difference in the lives of others while experiencing a sense of personal fulfillment‚ as well as‚ aiding people from diverse cultures. The man indicates he is a Christian and Christian’s have a calling to serve people that the world overlooks. Several aspects of this type of degree interest me. One is that I
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Community Health Nursing Reflection Maria Jelyn Engelhardt-Parales NUR/405 August 27‚ 2012 Amy Weaver Community Health Nursing Reflection Community health nursing practice aims to improve community health by promoting a healthier group of people‚ individuals‚ families‚ and residents within the community. The goal is to maintain‚ preserve‚ and promote health by providing information‚ education‚ teachings‚ and health care services to the population. The focus is on the collective good of
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OF SELFLESS SERVICE…. The old saying‚ “People never care what you learn until they learn that you care for them”‚ never gave me any sense of meaning until we were informed that we will be teaching English to elementary pupils of Canduman Elementary School sooner. As the news echoed into my head‚ I have to embrace a lot of odd feelings of uncertainties‚ anxieties‚ challenges and fright. The last being the most dreadful feeling that I have to conquer. But what makes this service practicum a
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According to Getting Started in Service-Learning‚ service learning is an educational initiative for students of all ages. Students will move beyond the classroom and use their own knowledge and skills to help others. Getting Started in Service-Learning also says we serve and learn. I think this means that when we get engaged in our communities we learn about each other and how to work together within our communities. It connects what we know and learned in the classroom and then that knowledge is
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Amir Mayo Keystone Assignment Forty Hours Of Community Service February 20‚ 2013 Should students complete forty hours of community service before they graduate? That’s a very good question‚ so should they? I think they should for many reasons. One I think it will be a good experience to interact with the community. Two it teaches people that not all good deeds have to be paid for. Lastly those forty hours from every student can be calculated all together and can help get the school recognized
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Starting from the history of the human service profession‚ I learned in the beginning of the course that the human service profession was formed from religious traditions‚ which are the earliest foundation for the profession. The religious backgrounds involved were Judaism‚ Islam and Christianity. The most important thing about the field of human service due to my participation in class is you have to be a dedicated worker in order to pursue the job‚ I learned that the individuals would visit peoples
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Community Service Journal For my community service‚ I made mayday baskets for the residents at the Waterford apartments in Country Manor with my grandma. So in order to make the mayday baskets‚ we need to plan what we were going to do beforehand. So a few weeks before mayday me‚ my mom‚ and grandma decided what kind of mayday basket we were going to make. Then when we decided on that we went shopping to get the items we needed in order to make the baskets. Then the Sunday before mayday we went to
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