Sunday, May 17, 2020

Service Learning The National Training Laboratory Institute

A study done by the National Training Laboratory Institute (1999) found that â€Å"on average, students retain five percent of what they hear, ten percent of what they read, thirty percent of what they see during demonstrations, and seventy-five percent of what they practice doing† (para. 2). Service-learning remains a program that integrates community service, reflection, and practice to improve the students learning experience, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen community and school relations. This learning strategy aids students in learning numerous skills, traits, and lessons that classroom instruction alone cannot teach. It makes learning relevant and enjoyable for the students by taking them out in the community and letting†¦show more content†¦Children often fall into wrong or harmful circumstances as they search to gain a sense of belonging to something greater, for instance, a community. Christine Morris (1992) backs this statement when she said that all children need the sense of belonging to something bigger than themselves. If children have additional opportunities to explore different tasks and problems in their community, they would be less likely to find themselves in harmful situations. Children who stand apart from the community lack the chances to learn valuable lessons. Examples of the valuable lessons they would learn would be being responsible for their actions or lack thereof, community awareness and observation, and a social understanding of how a community is supposed to work. As the saying goes, â€Å"It takes a village to raise a child,† in this sense the village is the child’s community. In order for the child to gain social awareness, responsibility, and a sense of community, they need to be involved in community affairs. Service-learning will assist children in becoming involved in the community and aid them in learning valuable lessons that they cannot learn from classroom teaching. Critics believe that service-learning provides cheap labor to non-profit organizations and the community. On the other hand, it does not benefit the students’ participating. The Kellogg Foundation (1999) wrote, â€Å"Some do not see service-learning as having real

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