Service and learning are deliberately and explicitly tied to the learning objectives of the course. The goal is to have students gain direct experience with problems or issues they are studying in ...

You don’t need to be a teacher to recognize that important student learning takes place outside of the classroom. Service learning is an intentional instructional strategy used by schools across the ...

Last April, the entire faculty at Bettie Weaver Elementary School spent an afternoon making rice heating pads for local elderly residents, capes for foster children to help endure long hospital stays ...

Service-Learning Projects have the potential to transform student learning. Currently, over a semester timeframe, students have the potential to develop a sense of social responsibility and an ethic ...

Four one-hour workshops on service-learning -- its use, design and tools -- are being offered this spring by the Center for Instructional Excellence. The series is designed for faculty and program ...

The goal of the Gary Horowitz Service Learning Program is to foster an environment of social responsibility and community engagement, and to prepare students for their roles as citizens of the ...

Those of us working in higher education, have been talking about “service learning” for many years, but for many it is a new concept. What is “service learning?” Quite simply, it is a process which ...