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A Service-Learning Contract: Clarity, Commitment, And Completion, Darroll Bussler
A Service-Learning Contract: Clarity, Commitment, And Completion, Darroll Bussler
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A student was reporting her service-learning experience to her classmates during a reflection session. She was hesitant to begin ... and then explained \Vhy. Everyone in the class seemed to be having fun and fulfillment in their experiences. She said, "My experience isn't fun. I don't know what I'm supposed to be doing; I don't even think they know I'm there, and I don't think I want to finish my service." She then said, "I think we need something like ... a learning contract."
Teaching Ethics Through Community Service, Judith A. Boss
Teaching Ethics Through Community Service, Judith A. Boss
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Community service learning, when combined with a program of ethics education, is an effective means of enhancing students' personal, social and moral development as well as their academic performance.
Legal Issues In Combining Service And Learning, Michael B. Goldstein
Legal Issues In Combining Service And Learning, Michael B. Goldstein
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A basic guide to the legal issues involved in programs that combine educational goals with direct involvement in the community - essential reading for any program administrator. The term "school" is used throughout to indicate any educational institution -elementary, secondary, or postsecondary, public or private - which may sponsor a student service-learning program. The term "agency" denotes any public or private community-based organization which may provide work opportunities or training or supervision of students at work sites. Portions of this analysis of legal issues in internships and experiential learning first appeared in Legal Issues Resource Booklet, by Michael B. Goldstein …
Youth Socialization Via National Service, Donald J. Eberly
Youth Socialization Via National Service, Donald J. Eberly
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As a frame of reference for this paper, I have chosen the 1977 keynote address given by Harry Silberman to the Society for Experiential Education. At that time he outlined "five major arguments against using work experience as a vehicle for the socialization (of youth) to adulthood."