COMMUNITY SERVICE

LEARNING
For Junior School Teacher Training
9. COMMUNITY SERVICE LEARNING
(CSL)

The new Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) seeks to guide

learners to become engaged, empowered and ethical citizens who
will contribute to creation of a socially, economically, and
politically stable society.
The vision of CBC is to nurture every learner’s potential based on a
strong foundation of knowledge, competencies and values.
As part of CBC, learners participate in a new learning area called
Community Service Learning (CSL).
In CSL, learners work on real-life problems making academic
learning relevant and at the same time developing their core
competencies and values.
What is CSL?

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Is an educational approach that Is a learning approach where Is an experiential learning strategy
integrates service in the community learners engage in meaningful that integrates classroom learning
with intended learning activities. learning experiences and develop and community service to enable
Educational institutions and the through active participation in learners to reflect, experience and
community work together towards thoughtfully organized projects that learn from the community.
outcomes that are mutually meet actual community needs
beneficial.
Community Service Learning vs Community
Service
• CSL is an experiential learning strategy that integrates classroom learning
and community service to enable learners reflect, experience and learn from
the community. CSL activities are embedded as learning experiences to
help learners develop the specified competencies.
• Community Service can be performed at any time for any reason.
• Examples
• Learners participate in community clean up every morning.
• Grade 3 learners study waste collection, sorting, disposal and participate in
a clean up project in the local market.
Benefits of CSL

Improved interpersonal Helps identify and

Personal efficacy,
skills: works well with nurture learners talents, Improved inter-cultural
personal identity,
others. Builds leadership identity their strengths understanding and
spiritual growth and
and communication and address their accommodation
moral development
skills weaknesses

Improved social Increased involvement Community benefits

responsibility and in community service from the services
citizenship skills after school provided by the learners
 Community
Community learns
benefits from the
from the school
resources in the
and learners
school

Benefits of
CSL …cont’d Learners build
connections with
professionals and
Helps learners to
identify their
community talents and areas
members for of interest early
learning and career enough.
opportunities
 CSL LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the course the
learner should be able to
Participate in local, national
and global communities as
responsible citizens
Actively participate in
Apply acquired relevant projects within the Apply basic research skills to
competencies in the school and wider community address identified
community environment for mutual community needs
benefit and learning
Communicate effectively
Appreciate diversity for
using appropriate modes in Apply sound financial and
harmonious existence within
diverse contexts within the resource management skills
the wider community
community
CSL Learning outcomes …cont’d

Conduct oneself
responsibly and relate
Establish sustainable
appropriately with other
enterprises that benefit
members of the
self and the community.
community while
upholding desirable values
 CSL addresses student learning and identified real needs
in the community.

We all belong to a community.

Community
Service
We exist to serve the community.
Learning
(CSL) …cont’d
Education should impart learners with knowledge, skills,
values and positive attitude to serve the community.

CSL seeks to help us identify and nurture learner’s areas of strength,

interest, gifts and talents. It provides room for learners to explore
before they finally settle on their areas of strength and interest.
Community Service Learning …
cont’d

In return, the community

appreciates the service offered in
different forms such as salary,
recognition, etc.
• Grade 3 Pupils
Undergoing KNEC
Assessment Gift
Elderly Man Blanket,
Firewood

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Community Service Learning …cont’d

• CSL combines classroom learning and community service

• CSL gives learners the opportunity to interact and work with community
members to solve identified local problems
• The integration of theory and practice enables learners to experience, think
critically, reflect and learn from the projects they undertake.
• In primary and junior secondary levels, CSL is integrated.
• In Senior School, CSL is a separate learning area