You don't need to be a teacher to recognize that important student learning takes place outside of the classroom. Service learning is an intentional instructional strategy used by schools across the ...

Service learning goes beyond volunteering or fundraising. It has explicit learning objectives and involves real-world skills and critical analysis. As service learning has taken root in schools and ...

Service learning is an educational program that integrates community service with classroom instruction to enhance learning, teach civic responsibility and strengthen communities. For the chemical ...

Global issues often play out locally. Service learning is a way students can engage in real-world issues while building the knowledge, skills, and experiences that will serve them throughout their ...

In the 21st century, a university has to prepare its students for a complex, rapidly evolving and increasingly challenging world. Modern society requires adaptable citizens who can solve problems and ...

Blogger's Note: Service learning has become increasingly popular, and I want to initiate a discussion of service learning and the ethical issues involved. To do so I've asked some noted experts in the ...

Community-engaged teaching and learning (CETL) is a pedagogical approach that engages faculty, students, and community partners in mutually beneficial and respectful collaborations that address ...

Purdue’s Office of Engagement provides grants to students or student organizations for work on community service-learning projects. The program’s goal is to expand the community involvement of Purdue ...

Assoc. Prof. Bridget Marshall's Disabilities in Literature class focuses on learning outside the classroom during their service learning trip to the Lowell Association for the Blind. Watch the video ...

Service and learning are deliberately and explicitly tied to the learning objectives of the course. The goal is to have students gain direct experience with problems or issues they are studying in ...