Encouraging and enabling students to collaborate and research where Service Learning may be most valuable or what might be most meaningful to them, allows for investment and ownership that reaps the biggest rewards. As part of a team effort, students at Method Schools came up with organizations they wanted to provide a service for and each organization was based on a personal connection students had to that organization.
For example, one student's grandparent once lived at a local an senior assisted living site and because he had memories of his grandparent there, he wanted to participate there.
The students all agreed and the time they now regularly spend with residents there serves to be equally valuable to thestudents than it is to the residents. Students bake cookies, read stories, play board games and "story tell" with the residents. Because they have made personal connections, they look forward to returning with fresh ideas on how to connect and share time with the residents there.
Most people come across service learning in college, before they forget about it again. However, its benefits are just as true in a K environment. Here, each lesson is created to be appropriate for the age of the child, fitting in with their developmental stage and skills to apply and learn the same basic lessons.. For example, service learning in an elementary school may result in the older students helping to teach their younger counterparts essential reading skills.
After working and collaborating together, all of the students gain something: the younger children learn how to read, while older students begin to understand patience, understanding, and taking the time necessary to get a point across.
Of course, as children get older service learning concepts and applications will become more advanced. For example, learning about the history of a river within a community can be followed up with a collective effort to remove trash from that river.
As a result, the students can make the connection between the history of a local landmark and its continued importance today. Another way to add practicality to knowledge learned about the river is a more scientific approach: collecting samples, identifying life in the river, and looking for toxins or pollution. Once students have identified the problem, they can come up with a clever solution, such as creating flyers that remind the community to not litter or throw hazardous materials into the river.
Benefits for the faculty Service-learning helps faculty… foster experiential learning connected to course content. Benefits for the Community Service-learning projects… provide valuable assistance with research, service delivery, planning and application of academic theory to a wide variety of projects infuse new energy and ideas into organizations help organizations advance their community-focused missions.
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