Categories of Student Examples of Class-Based Examples of Field-Based

Behavior (major emphasis) Learning Learning

Doing (acting) simulations volunteerism and youth

lab experiments service
model building
internships

Reflecting (thinking) lecture museum programs

recitation
writing field trips
reading

Doing and Reflecting problem-focused! service learning

instruction

Service learning is simply a better way to do the things good schools have always done. The
following goals, practiced by most effective schools, are also goals met by service learning
programs:
❏ intellectual development (e.g., problem solving)
❏ basic skills acquisition (e.g., communication)
❏ moral and ethical development
❏ social and civic responsibility
❏ career preparation
❏ multicultural understanding
❏ personal growth
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