Students involved with service learning can reflect on their experiences to gain a deeper understanding of course content and a broader appreciation of the discipline, improving critical thinking ...

When teaching courses that bring together students from different disciplines with varied prior knowledge, classroom learning alone is not always enough. Service learning, which involves students ...

Service learning is essential in SHP because it bridges academic knowledge with real-world experience, fostering personal growth, civic responsibility, and professional development. It connects ...

Higher education is a battleground for achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Universities around the world are increasingly promoting community-engagement pedagogies, service ...

The names of the students mentioned have been changed for this story. In 2020, California’s State Board of Education adopted criteria and guidance to award a State Seal of Civic Engagement to students ...

Any election is exciting to me because it represents that I live in a free country; a land that I love and appreciate. The November Presidential election is heating up. Political speeches, campaign ...

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 ...

Detroit Service Learning Academy contains 3 schools and 1,460 students. The district’s minority enrollment is 100%. Also, 99.4% of students are economically disadvantaged. The student body at the ...

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 ...

Matt Cherkerzian is an EMT majoring in criminal justice who helps with research into decision-making by first responders. Doug in the Centers for Learning was a mentor in how to get through college.