Service Learning: A Strategy for Rural School Improvement and Community Revitalization. (Benefits)[Squared]: The Exponential Results of Linking School Improvement and Community Development, Issue Number Two.

Autor/in	Boethel, Martha
Institution	Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX.
Titel	Service Learning: A Strategy for Rural School Improvement and Community Revitalization. (Benefits)[Squared]: The Exponential Results of Linking School Improvement and Community Development, Issue Number Two.
Quelle	(1999), (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Active Learning; Community Development; Elementary Secondary Education; Rural Schools; School Community Relationship; Service Learning; Student Development; Student Projects; Teacher Role + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aktives Lernen; Community; Development; Entwicklung; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Service-Learning; Schulprojekt; Lehrerrolle
Abstract	The future of rural schools is inextricably linked to the future of their surrounding communities, and service learning is a powerful tool for capitalizing on those links. Service learning makes students active participants in service projects that respond to community needs while furthering the academic goals of students. Service learning projects are enormously varied and may address community needs related to health, poverty, social issues, or the environment. Although most projects are implemented in the middle or high school grades, elementary school students can benefit as well. For service learning to be effective, it must be integrated into the school's ongoing curriculum, and the teacher must identify the academic objectives to be addressed through the activity. The teacher's role must change to being an organizer or facilitator, and school schedules and rules must become more flexible to accommodate service learning activities. All school and community participants should agree beforehand on an activity's basic purpose. Service learning benefits students by providing authentic learning relevant to daily life and work, promoting social values and good citizenship, teaching work skills, and improving critical thinking and self-esteem. Various examples of rural service learning projects are described, and five information resources are profiled. (SV)
Anmerkungen	Full text at Web site: http://www.sedl.org/prep/benefits2/issue2.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01