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Service Learning

Service learning is a type of teaching that combines academic content with civic responsibility in some community project. The learning is structured and supervised and enables the student to reflect on what has taken place. Service learning can provide powerful learning opportunities for students and can interest them in volunteerism in their later lives. The following sites will help you understand service learning and what is required to implement it into the curriculum.

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Title	Source	Description
Service Learning: Definition & Guidelines	Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center, Texas Tech University	Here are four simple guidelines for service learning projects. This could be of use when you are a beginner in service learning.
National Service Learning Clearinghouse	ETR Associates	This site is designed to provide resources, tips and links to other sites that offer information on service-learning in higher education.
Academic Service Learning	Vincentian Institute for Social Action, St. John's Unviersity	This website provides the explanation of what service learning is at St. John's University.
Academic Service Learning: Its Meaning and Relevance	Kathleen Maas Weigert, University of Notre Dame	This chapter from a book explains what service learning is about and identifies some of the debate about it.
Academic Service-Learning: The Reflection Concept	Drew Blanchard, Learning to Give	This website suggests various methods of reflection for use in service learning projects.