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HREF="id46_m.htm#what_is_service_learning_" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Service Learning "><U><B>What is Service Learning?</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id46_m.htm#distinctions_among_service_programs" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Service Learning "><U><B>Distinctions Among Service Programs</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id46_m.htm#goals_of_service_learning" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Service Learning "><U><B>Goals of Service Learning</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id46_m.htm#benefits_for_students" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Service Learning "><U><B>Benefits for Students</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id46_m.htm#major_components_of_effective_service" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Service Learning "><U><B>Major Components of</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id46_m.htm#major_components_of_effective_service" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Service Learning "><U><B>Effective Service Learning</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id46_m.htm#outcomes_of_service_learning" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Service Learning "><U><B>Outcomes of Service</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id46_m.htm#outcomes_of_service_learning" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Service Learning "><U><B>Learning</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id46_m.htm#importance_of_critical_reflection" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Service Learning "><U><B>Importance of Critical Reflection</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id46_m.htm#descriptions_of_reflection" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Service Learning "><U><B>Descriptions of Reflection</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id46_m.htm#reflective_tools" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Service Learning "><U><B>Reflective Tools</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id46_m.htm#evaluation_and_assessment" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Service Learning "><U><B>Evaluation and Assessment</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id46_m.htm#evaluation_and_assessment_products" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Service Learning "><U><B>Evaluation & </B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id46_m.htm#evaluation_and_assessment_products" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Service Learning "><U><B>Assessment Products</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id46_m.htm#guiding_and_reflective_questions_for" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Service Learning "><U><B>Guiding and </B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id46_m.htm#guiding_and_reflective_questions_for" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Service Learning "><U><B>Reflective Questions</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id46_m.htm#guiding_and_reflective_questions_for" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Service Learning "><U><B>for Students</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id46_m.htm#structure_of_classroom_models_of" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Service Learning "><U><B>Structure of Classroom Models</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id46_m.htm#examples_of__service_learning_models_" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Service Learning "><U><B>Examples of Models</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id46_m.htm#web_resources_on_service_learning" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Service Learning "><U><B>Web Resources</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Service Learning </B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="what_is_service_learning_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>What is Service Learning?</B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">An educational tool that take students from the classroom into community settings to apply concepts learned in the classroom while providing community service.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A reciprocal learning experience where you also learn from being in the community organization as well.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Benefits both the student and community recipients.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The theory underlying Service Learning is that we learn most effectively from doing- from being an active participant in the learning process and then critically reflecting on what we have done and learned.  It involves active learning-drawing from the experience of performing service work.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A method by which students improve academic learning and develop personal skills through structured service projects that meet community needs.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Service Learning builds upon students' service activities by providing them with opportunities to learn by preparing, leading and reflecting upon their service experiences.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Educators facilitate learning by creating opportunities for students to understand and analyze their service experiences in the context of their course work.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">"Reciprocal learning" - learning flows from service activities - those providing service and those who receive it "learn" from the experience.  Both student and organization benefits.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Students' active participation in thoughtfully organized service experiences that meet student needs.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Extends student learning beyond the classroom and into the community.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Service Learning enhances education and gives students the opportunity to serve in their chosen field of study and increase their civic responsibility.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Community colleges in more than 40 states currently offer service learning.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Service learning is related to but different from <I><B>cooperative education, practicum, internship programs, volunteerism, and solely community service.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Service Learning must be extended outside of the College environment--directly into the community. Recipients of service must be individuals and organizations in the community.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="distinctions_among_service_programs"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Distinctions Among Service Programs</B></div> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="1ced25b0.gif" border=0 width="722" height="347" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <B> <A NAME="goals_of_service_learning"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Goals of Service Learning</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">For Students:</B>  An opportunity to enrich and apply knowledge learned in the classroom in applied settings.</div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">For Faculty and the College:</B>  A move from teacher-centered, to learning centered, to community-centered pedagogy.</div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Shared Ownership:</B> Expanding the classroom into the community and vice versa.</div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="benefits_for_students"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Benefits for Students</B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Learn social responsibility and citizenship skills.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Develop an ethic of service.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Develop civic Awareness.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Apply concepts learned in classroom.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Connect course and competencies.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Reconnect to get people to be civic and civil.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Develop personality. Improve self-esteem.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Gain academically.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Gain professionally.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Enriched learning.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Documented experience.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Skilled development.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Transferable credit.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Establish contacts and possible future employment.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Experience firsthand a potential major field of study.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Gain experience which is a prerequisite for many jobs.</div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="major_components_of_effective_service"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Major Components of Effective Service Learning</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Sufficient Preparation. </B></div> <div> (Setting objectives for skills to be learned, issues to be considered, planning projects so they contribute to learning.)</div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Performing the Actual Service.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Analysis of Experience, Lessons Learned, Sharing and Reflecting on Experience and Implications.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="outcomes_of_service_learning"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Outcomes of Service Learning</B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Connection of theory to practice.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Puts concepts into concrete form and provides a context for understanding abstract matter.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Provides an opportunity to test and refine theories and introduce new theories.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Appreciation and understanding of social, economic and environmental implications.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Appreciation and understanding of moral and ethical ramifications of people's actions.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Learn communication, interpersonal and technical skills.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Self-directed learning - inquiry, logical thinking, relationship of ideas and experience.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Transference of learning from one context to another - which allows for the opportunity to reflect, conceptualize and apply experience-based knowledge.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Improves critical thinking, information retrieval, technical, qualitative and quantitative reasoning, oral & written communication skills.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Improves understanding of self and community.</div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="importance_of_critical_reflection"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Importance of Critical Reflection</B></div> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Critical reflection</B></I> distinguishes Service Learning from other forms of experiential education.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The critical reflection component links the service experience to course materials, readings, discussions, and lectures.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Reflection helps you make consistent and strong connections about the community service experience, and the theories and concepts learned in class through course materials, readings, lectures, and discussions.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Reflection allows the student to think about how the Service Learning experience was beneficial to self and others.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Contextually, the reflective component allows the student to understand their role and responsibility to the community, nation, and world.</div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="descriptions_of_reflection"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Descriptions of Reflection</B></div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A mirror in which you not only see yourself, but the things that surround you.</I></div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Critical thinking and introspection.</I></div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A continuous and deliberate process involving analysis, synthesis, disciplined thinking.</I></div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Involves turning inward, analyzing, fashioning new behaviors, attitudes, and values from reflecting.</I></div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Makes consistent and strong connections between service, course topics, content, and objectives.</I></div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Makes consistent and strong connections between service and substantial affective impact and career understanding.</I></div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="reflective_tools"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Reflective Tools</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Journals</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Case Studies</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Group Discussions</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Portfolios-Paper or Digital</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Development of Web Sites</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Photographic Essays or Journals</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Symposiums</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">In-class Presentations</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="evaluation_and_assessment"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Evaluation and Assessment</B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Can not be evaluated in the same manner as exams or research papers.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Students and faculty assess the usefulness of service learning.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Students assess how much they have learned and how their attitudes have changed due to the service experience.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Assessment is conducted of relationship of setting and service to course and content.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Assessment is made of skills developed from service.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Assessment is made of extent of critical reflection by student of the service learning experience.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Assessment is made of format and presentation of final paper, project or presentation.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Instructor must receive verification of time spent in the setting.</div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="evaluation_and_assessment_products"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Evaluation and Assessment: Products</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Case Studies</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Journals</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Portfolios</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Self-Assessment</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Team Based Learning</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Learning Communities</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Assessment from Organization</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="guiding_and_reflective_questions_for"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Guiding and Reflective Questions for Students</B></div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">What did you learn about the value of the service you performed?</I></div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">What community needs did your service address?</I></div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Do you feel that your service helped or changed anything in the community? Why or Why not?</I></div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">What have you learned about working and collaborating with others in the community?</I></div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Do you feel your service helped or changed anything in you? About your career aspirations? </I></div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">What skills did you develop from this experience?</I></div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">What specific course content from class or your readings relate to this service?</I></div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">What particular theories or concepts from the course apply to your service learning experience?</I></div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">What was the expressed or stated impact of your service on the organization?</I></div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">What are the implications of your experience in this setting? Can you transfer this knowledge to your life and other professional experiences?</I></div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">What lessons did you learn? What did you contribute to the experience?</I></div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Was service learning an effective way to make class material more meaningful?</I></div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="structure_of_classroom_models_of"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Structure of Classroom Models of Service Learning</B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">As one of the class products or assignments for semester.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">As a final project.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">As a group or team project.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">As a total class project.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">As a semester long project.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">As a stand-alone course.</div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="examples_of__service_learning_models_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Examples of  Service Learning Models </B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Project Management Course: Integrated Service Learning.  Involved gutting and rebuilding dilapidated houses in the Inner City.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Leadership and Team Development Course: 10 hours of direct service by each student (whole class or teams). Identified a human service need not being adequately met by an existing social service institution.  Examples of service includes: shelters (maintenance), special service facilities that feed, shelter, train, and counsel.  Special services to the mental and physical challenged.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Neighborhood cleanup and restoration; creation of wetlands, wilderness trail maintenance; re-vegetation projects to return native vegetation to beaches and parklands.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Financial Accounting Class: For final exam, students had to find a community service organization that needed accounting consultation and work with them to serve their accounting needs.  Project must involve setting up or modernizing the organization's account system or converting an existing manual system to a newer computerized system.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Principles of Management: Class of 48 had to plan and deliver a coordinated 6 week tutoring program in a middle school.  Each student gave 12 hours.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Students wrote cards to terminally ill cancer patients.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Students took trays of animals from aquariums to elementary schools to explain what is being learned about Marine Biology and Ecology.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Media technology students provided agencies with technical assistance information technology.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Psychology students developed a "drink water" campaign to educate the community about the importance of drinking water and the typology of bottled waters available.  Students distributed more than 5,000 bottles of a variety of bottled water along with literature.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Psychology students developed brochures for distribution in the community on "how parents should talk to their children about sex."</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f099006600.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Psychology students spent day with senior citizens in an assisted living senior citizen living community and provided dialogue, games, and more.</div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="web_resources_on_service_learning"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Web Resources on Service Learning</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.aahea.org/aahea/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.aahea.org/aahea/"><U><B>American Association for Higher Education</B></U></A></div> <div> Has much information on Service Learning and important publications, including the AAHE series on Service Learning in the Disciplines (1997).</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.aacc.nche.edu" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.aacc.nche.edu"><U><B>American Association of Community Colleges - Service Learning Resources</B></U></A></div> <div> Provides many publications and resources on Service Learning.  Go to the "Resource Center."</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.americorps.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.americorps.org"><U><B>Americorps</B></U></A></div> <div> Americorps is a network of national service programs that engage more than 50,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet critical needs in education, public safety, health and the environment.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.nationalservice.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nationalservice.org"><U><B>Corporation for National and Community Service</B></U></A></div> <div> Engages Americans of all ages and backgrounds in service to help strengthen communities.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.learnandserve.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.learnandserve.org"><U><B>Learn and Serve</B></U></A></div> <div> Information on Service Learning, resources for programs and more.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.dropoutprevention.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.dropoutprevention.org"><U><B>National Dropout Prevention Center</B></U></A></div> <div> Serves as the Southern Regional Center for the National Service Learning Exchange.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.servicelearning.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.servicelearning.org"><U><B>National Service Learning Clearinghouse</B></U></A></div> <div> The national site for service learning information.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.nslexchange.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nslexchange.org"><U><B>National Service Learning Exchange</B></U></A></div> <div> Supports high quality Service Learning programs in schools, colleges, and universities and community organizations.  The National Service Learning Exchange will provide you with a Service Learning peer mentor to: answer questions, offer ideas and suggestions for success, and support our efforts, plus more.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.nsee.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nsee.org"><U><B>National Society for Experiential Education</B></U></A></div> <div> A membership association committed to all forms of experiential learning, including Service Learning.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.nvcc.edu/academics/additional-learning-opportunities/service-learning/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nvcc.edu/academics/additional-learning-opportunities/service-learning/index.html"><U><B>NVCC-Service Learning Program</B></U></A></div> <div> Presents service learning models offered by faculty at Northern Virginia Community College, with links, resources and more.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.peacecorps.gov" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.peacecorps.gov"><U><B>Peace Corps</B></U></A></div> <div> An organization that promotes volunteerism, world peace and friendship.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.pointsoflight.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.pointsoflight.org"><U><B>Points of Light Foundation and Volunteer Center - National Network</B></U></A></div> <div> Engages and mobilizes millions of volunteers who are assisting with solving serious social problems.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.seniorcorps.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.seniorcorps.org"><U><B>Senior Corps</B></U></A></div> <div> A network of programs that tap the experience, skills, and talents of older citizens to meet community challenges.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.ipsl.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ipsl.org"><U><B>The International Partnership for Service Learning</B></U></A></div> <div> Offered in 14 countries, IPSL programs unite academic study and volunteer service, giving students a fully integrated study abroad.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.ugeducation.ucla.edu/communitylearning/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ugeducation.ucla.edu/communitylearning/"><U><B>UCLA Service Learning Clearinghouse</B></U></A></div> <div> Provides resources, tips, and links to other sites that offer information on service learning in higher education, including model programs and course syllabi.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>