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بالخدمة التعلمService Learning
Source: Institute of Youth Development
What is Service Learning?
A teaching and learning approach that integrates community service with academic study to enrich learning, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities.
Benefits of Service Learning
• Improved Academic Achievement• Real Life Experience
• Fosters civic involvement• Improves Social Skills
Effective Service Learning
• Leadership roles/Youth Voice• Learning and development goals• Time• Community needs• Reflection• Evaluation
Developing Intentional Learning Objectives
• Develop a Balance between service and learning
Examples:1. service-LEARNING2. SERVICE-learning3. service learning4. SERVICE-LEARNING
Types of Learning • Citizenship: civic responsibility, individuals’ role in community,
government systems• Social Skills: team work, leadership, communication, diversity
awareness• Intellectual : critical thinking skills, problem solving, decision-
making, knowledge• about social issues, academic subjects, organizing and
planning• Personal: values clarification, personal ability to contribute to
community, self-esteem• Work/Career Exposure: work ethic, job skills, exposure to
career possibilities
What Is Service-Learning?
Who Benefits from Service-Learning?
Students Faculty
Community Partners Site Staff
The UniversityCommunity at Large
Where does Service-Learning Take Place?
Service-learning takes place both in the classroom and in the
community.
Student’s Reflection of Service-Learning
“Students overall get a feeling of accomplishment, confidence, and value as a result of taking part in a service learning experience.”
“The learning outcomes of service learning include development of leadership and problem-solving skills, connecting the theoretical with the practical, and educating students for citizenship.”
Differences in Service Learning
Community-Based Versus
School-Based
Community Service Projects
Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle
Service Activity(Experience)
Reflection/Observation
(What?)
Interpreting(So What?)
Planning/ Applying
(Now What?)
What To Do?
Community ServiceProjects
Resources• Family Strengthening Policy Center (2007). Youth Service-
Learning: A Family-Strengthening Strategy. Washington, DC: National Human Services Assembly.
• Naughton, Sandra (2000). Understanding Service Learning. National Institute on Out-of-School Time at Wellesley College Center for Research on Women.
• ACT for Youth Downstate Center for Excellence (2006). Positive Youth Development Resource Manual.
• Kolb, David (1984). Experiential Learning. Prentice Hall Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
• Institute of Youth Development