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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Boston College offers opportunities for real-life, community-based learning experiences both at home and abroad. The VSLC offers programs and supports both student and faculty/staff initiatives that ...

Service-learning is a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility, and ...

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 ...

Through the PWR’s Writing Initiative for Service and Engagement (WISE), founded in 2008, the program has integrated community-engaged writing throughout its lower- and upper-division courses. Students ...