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Educating For Social Responsibility, Sheldon Berman
Educating For Social Responsibility, Sheldon Berman
Service Learning, General
Schools must help students fight their feelings of powerlessness by developing their sense of community and their confidence that they can make a difference in the world.
National Service: The Overview, Unknown
National Service: The Overview, Unknown
Service Learning, General
An INDEPENDENT SECTOR national survey report indicates that many Americans are not being asked to volunteer. Among the 41 percent who were asked to volunteer in the past year, 87 percent actually did. Among the 57 percent of those who were not asked, only 30 percent volunteered. These findings suggest that if more Americans are asked to volunteer, the proportion of the population that volunteers can be measurably increased.