RR7: Identify the key elements and process for Service
Learning.
Process:
-Preparation
Preparation includes both teacher and students researching
the needs of the area. This includes internet research, interviews, book
research, and field trips. The main purpose of this stage is to find out as
much as possible about a need and its importance, then establishing a plan of
action. This plan requires students to remain inquisitive and active during the
process.
-Action:
The action stage
encourages students to continue researching and adapting. It also lets students
identify as community members and stakeholders, which helps them see the
importance of the role they can play in their society. Students are therefore
thriving as part of a group through collaboration while at the same time,
exercising their skills and talents.
-Reflection
The reflection stage encourages personal growth and awareness
by encouraging students to seriously ponder the experience of service learning.
Students will critically think about their work and consider any changes in
beliefs, attitudes, or knowledge. Teachers and other adults will help students
think deeply about their experiences throughout the service learning.
-Demonstration
Students will show what they have learned and accomplished
in the demonstration stage of service learning. This is achieved through public
presentations that will allow students to teach others as well as review on
their own about service learning.
-Key Elements:
In order for service learning to be successful, there are
certain key elements that must be met. These include: Integrated Learning, Genuine
Needs, Collaborative Efforts, Reciprocity, and Civic Responsibility. These
elements all emphasize that service learning must be an authentic and valuable experience
for students in order for it to be a rewarding experience.
RR8: LIST ideas and resources you can use for your
Service Learning and ITU (Task 11).
RR8: LIST ideas and resources you can use for your
Service Learning and ITU (Task 11).
-Since our unit focuses on the importance of a green,
environmentally friendly Carlsbad, some of the service learning ideas we have
shared are:
-Field Trips to Lagoons: Students choose one of the three
lagoons in the Carlsbad area, learn & research about the issues in that
specific lagoon, then visit and complete hours of service there (helping clean,
helping preservation efforts, visiting/speaking with experts, etc.).
-General info on Carlsbad Lagoons: http://www.carlsbadca.gov/about/visitorinfo/Pages/Lagoons.aspx
-Beach Clean-Up: There are many beach cleanup
opportunities in the Carlsbad area. Students can join an organization’s beach
clean up or create their own group and organize it themselves.
This can be expanded by having students include an
element of education in their beach clean-up, such as creating flyers that
educate beach-goers on the importance of keeping the beach safe while they are present
at the beach.
-Giving students various options on how to approach the
service learning component may also help students think of an experience that
will be valuable for them.
-Reflection: We want the students in our classes to
finish off their service learning by creating videos (writing, filming,
editing, etc.) that they will publicly present. It may be presented to other
classes or some videos may be presented on the school’s TV news.
RR9: Begin your ethnographic research on your school site
to complete your ethnography for EDSS 530 and to complete Task 3 for the ITU.
RR10: Revise your team's Task 2: ITU Cover Sheet. Make
sure you use the ITU assignment template and ppt to guide your work.
-Please visit the “ITU Link” tab to view RR 9 & 10.
