GOALS
of Service-Learning
- To enhance student learning by joining theory with experience and thought with action.
- To fill unmet needs in the community through direct service which is meaningful and necessary.
- To enable students to help others, give of themselves, and enter into caring relationships with others.
- To assist students to see the relevance of the academic subject to the real world.
- To enhance the self-esteem and self-confidence of your students.
- To develop an environment of collegial participation among students, faculty, and the community.
- To give students the opportunity to do important and necessary work.
- To increase the civic and citizenship skills of students.
- To assist agencies to better serve their clients and benefit from the infusion of enthusiastic volunteers.
- To expose students to societal inadequacies and injustices and empower students to remedy them.
- To develop a richer context for student learning.
- To provide cross-cultural experiences for students.
- To better prepare students for their careers / continuing education.
- To foster a re-affirmation of students' careers choices.
- To keep them in class and serve as a tool for retention.
- To give student greater responsibility for their learning.
- To help students know how to get things done!
- To impact local issues and local needs.
- To do something. Anything.
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