Benefits of Service Learning
- Student Contributions to a Service Learning Project or Assignment include:
- source of extra person power in the community
- interested in making contribution to human development
- concerned about workforce training and conscientious in service
- relatively easy to find and recruit
- a base of future citizen support
- able to draw upon expertise, interest of faculty, or institution
- encourage analysis, questions and flexibility
- Supervisors Contributions Include:
- mentoring of professionalism, problem solving, and skills
- humanistic acceptance of the realities of service
- expertise in making decisions and asserting ideas
- recognize value of viewing their organizations' services from a variety of student perspectives
- desire to assist in growth of future professionals
- Service Learning Benefits to Students:
- ENRICH their learning
- REINFORCE concepts taught in their class
- MOTIVATE them to engage with their communities
- DEMONSTRATE theories with practical experiences
- DEVELOPMENT of their civic literacy and work skills
- BROADEN their perspectives about their communities
- CONTRIBUTE their services to underserved populations and enhance community partnerships
- Benefits to our College:
IMPROVED:
- motivational base of instruction and learning
- community and college relations
- student preparation for work
- student satisfaction and retention