Essays on Service Learning

The Mitchell reading talks about how effective community service-learning is about witnessing/developing a commitment to changing the structural components that underlie the issues that the student is working to combat. Historically when I’ve done any sort of volunteer work it has been sort of half-assed...

Service-learning provides students with opportunities to develop civic engagement skills. I believe by working with community members, students or anyone can enhance their group, organizational and interpersonal skills. They also can gain important experience working with diverse members of their communities. For my service learning...

Service-learning is an educational approach that basically involves a cycle of actions. In order to make service learning a reality, there is the need to make some reflections. These cycles are necessary when students seek to achieve real objectives for the community. I also consider...

Whenever I thought of service-learning, I would usually only connect it to just volunteering. Going out into the community to lend a hand, and help out with no expectation for financial gain whatsoever. Hearing about the service-learning requirement for this biology class, I thought I...

For 4 years in JROTC, I developed self-confidence and build leadership. The service-learning impact my life to be a better citizen and helping the community. JROTC is meant to prepare your future and goals. JROTC kept me motivated, focused, and on task. The main purpose...

Brief description of village Tai Long village was originally composed of five small village in the past. However, three small villages was vanished due to the immigration of villagers to United Kingdom. Nowadays, Tai Long village is composed of two small village called Tai Wai...

For my service learning, I attended to Feeding South Florida. This organization is responsible for providing food to insecure people in the counties of Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe. Their work is based on banking food in big warehouses for future distribution. Being the...

Experiences in the field help to acquaint with the actual social situation. The field experiences provide opportunities to apply the knowledge learned in the classroom situations and to plan, implement and evaluate these experiences while working with individuals, groups, and communities. Critical self- reflection is...