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Everything about Service-learning
Pedagogy combining learning objectives with community service
Service-learning is an educational approach that uses community service to meet both classroom learning objectives and societal needs. It has been used with students of all grades and stages. Projects based in communities are designed to apply classroom learning to create positive change in the community and often involve community organisations. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Service-learningA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Empowering Cooperative Teamwork for Community Service Sustainability: Insights from Service LearningInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Diamonds are ForeverThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Service-learningCited 280 times
- Go sideways: Andrew FurcoA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Experiential educationA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun An educational method intertwining classroom learning with community service, encouraging students to apply their knowledge to real-world challenges.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
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🆕 Influential since 2022
Empowering Cooperative Teamwork for Community Service Sustainability: Insights from Service Learning
Evaluation of Electronic Service-Learning (e-Service-Learning) Projects in Mainland China under COVID-19
Service Learning in Russia: Scoping Review
CISing Up Service Learning: A Systematic Review of Service Learning Experiences in Computer and Information Science
International service learning: benefits, challenges and experiences of pre-service teachers
📚 Books worth reading
Diamonds are ForeverIan Fleming · 1956
Keys to successCarol Carter · 1998
Human exceptionalityMichael L. Hardman, Clifford J. Drew · 1984- 📕Learn and Serve AmericaCorporation for National Service (U.S.) · 1994
Learning disabilityDavid Race · 2002
Action learning in schoolsPeter Aubusson · 2009
Understanding generalist practiceKaren Kay Kirst-Ashman, Jr., Grafton H. Hull · 1993
Student servicesJohn H. Schuh · 2010
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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