Benefits of Service-Learning
Some of the Benefits of Service-Learning
- Course content that provides a theoretical framework
- Service to the community relate to the course content
- Reflection activities
- Conscious incorporation of civic responsibility:
How what I do help my community?
Service-learning facilitate connectedness, competency, autonomy, identity, and purpose (Lemons & Richmond, 1987)
Mastery of content, integration of concepts, and interactive and supportive environments (p. 15)