Service-Learning
is a method of teaching and learning that integrates community
service activities into academic curricula and expands the
learning of students from the classroom to the community.
How is Service-Learning Different?
Keep in mind that service-learning
is closely linked to the academic goals of a course and involves
preparation, action, reflection, and assessment. That combination
of components is mainly what separates service-learning from volunteerism
and straight community service. Another reason the term “volunteer”
really doesn’t apply is that the work students do is more
than likely required for the course. Service-learning differs from
an internship in that service-learning work is typically done for
a nonprofit agency, not a business or corporation in one’s
field of study.
