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Service Learning

Global Service

Lives in Context - What Legacy Will You Leave? We live within the culture and society in which we are engaged and can leave something positive behind for future learners to build upon.

Make Service Learning Global - Service learning goes beyond volunteering or fundraising. It has explicit learning objectives and involves real-world skills and critical analysis.

A Charter for Change in Education- Education now needs to pay greater attention to how it uniquely spans the cultural, economic and interpersonal dimensions of global relations. Schools and colleges need to recognize their transformative power, and their capacity to become responsive to contemporary global changes.

Service-Based Learning

Benefits of Community-Based Service-Learning - Research shows a wide range of benefits of effective service-learning.

Community-Based Learning - Allows organizations and students to work together to meet both an organization's needs and students' academic requirements.

Community Service Programs - Participating in community service projects gives students a look at the world outside the classroom. For many students, the experience is an awakening to local, state, country and worldwide issues that they had not previously known.

Project-Based Learning

Research Summary of Project-Based Learning - Project-based learning (PBL) can increase retention of content and improve students' attitudes towards learning, among other benefits.