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Service-Learning

By: Lisa Maley

What is Service-Learning?

Student service to a community is

incorporated into the curriculum


Not merely community service
Youth-adult partnerships

Pros of Service-Learning

Impact on local/global
communities
Empathy
Leadership skills
Democratic thinking
Civic Responsibility

Types of Leadership

The Catalyst
The Synthesizer
The Commander

Types of Leadership
The Synthesizer The Catalyst The Commander
Student driven
Strong sense of
community

Equally student
and teacher
driven
Scaffolding
Active learning

Totally teacher led


Efficient

Unproductive
Fewer visible
victories

Students dont
usually pick the
project

Student input is not


valued
Passive learning

Example of The Catalyst


African Library Project
Geography
Mathematics
Reasoning
Literature
Group planning

Obstacles

After school / distraction from


class
Works best with different ages
Apathetic students
Large class size
Promotes racism?

Would you try servicelearning in your


classroom?

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