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Welcome to the Service Learning Page. Here you'll find information about what service learning is, some statistics on its improvements in society and active Bonner schools involved in it.
Definition of Service Learning
This is a brief definition of service learning as taken fromthis page
Service-learning is a method of teaching, learning and reflecting that combines academic classroom curriculum with meaningful service, frequently youth service, throughout the community. As a teaching methodology, it falls under the philosophy of experiential education. More specifically, it integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility, encourage lifelong civic engagement, and strengthen communities for the common good.
Service Learning Statistics
Here are some statistics on service learning and its effects on participants communities.
In the past several years, service-learning has spread rapidly throughout communities, K-12 institutions, and colleges and universities. In a recent survey of its member institutions, Campus Compact gathered information on trends in community involvement and service across a good cross-section of the nation's colleges and universities (Compact, 2001). During the 1999-2000 academic year, among the 349 campuses that responded to the survey.
712,000 students had participated in some form of service
12.2 percent of faculty were offering service-learning courses
6,272 service-learning courses were taught
9 percent required service-learning courses for graduation
Participating Learn and Serve Bonner Schools
These are the Bonner schools which participate in a form of Learn and Serve
Berea College
Carson Newman College
Concord University
Davidson College
DePauw University
Dickinson College
Emory and Henry College
Guilford College
Hamilton College
Hood College
Lynchburg College
Macalaster College
Mars Hill College
Maryville College
Middlesex County College
Morehouse College
Pitzer College
Rider University
Ripon College
St. Mary's College of California
Stetson University
The College of New Jersey
Tougaloo College
Tusculum College
Union College
University of Alaska-Anchorage
University of Louisville
Washburn University
Washington and Lee University
Whitworth University
Testimonials
Here are some testimonials of Bonner students who have particiapted in a Learn and Serve program.
Resources:
Here is a list of articles and periodicals regarding service learning from a wide variety of sources provided by Servicelearning.org- Click Here
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