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Service Learning Principles

The document outlines essential principles for effective service learning programs, emphasizing responsible action for the common good, critical reflection, and clear goals. It highlights the importance of flexibility, diversity, and organizational commitment, while also advocating for structured training and evaluation. Additionally, it defines service learning as a credit-bearing educational experience that connects community needs with academic learning and civic responsibility.

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Service Learning Principles

The document outlines essential principles for effective service learning programs, emphasizing responsible action for the common good, critical reflection, and clear goals. It highlights the importance of flexibility, diversity, and organizational commitment, while also advocating for structured training and evaluation. Additionally, it defines service learning as a credit-bearing educational experience that connects community needs with academic learning and civic responsibility.

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Service Learning Principles

The Principles that follow are a statement of what, we believe, are essential components of good
practice. We invite you to use them in the context of your particular needs and purposes.

1. An effective program engages people in responsible and challenging actions for the common good.

2. An effective program provides structured opportunities for people to reflect critically on their
service experience.

3. An effective program articulates clear service and learning goals for everyone involved.

4. An effective program allows for those with needs to define those needs.

5. An effective program clarifies the responsibilities of each person and organization involved.

6. An effective program matches service providers and service needs through a process that
recognizes changing circumstances.

7. An effective program expects genuine, active, and sustained organizational commitment.

8. An effective program includes training, supervision, monitoring, support, recognition, and


evaluation to meet service and learning goals.

9. An effective program insures that the time commitment for service and learning is flexible,
appropriate, and in the best interests of all involved.

10. An effective program is committed to program participation by and with diverse populations.

1. Meaningful service
2. Link to curriculum
3. Reflection
4. Diversity
5. Student Voice
6. Partnerships
7. Progress and monitoring
8. Duration and intensity

 Experiential and active learning


 High impact practices
 Civic and citizenship education
 Work-based learning and internships
 Clinical practica
 Character and values education
 International global education
 Multicultural education
 Interdisciplinary practice
Service Learning is a credit bearing, educational, experience in which students participate in an
organized service activity that meets identified community needs and reflect on the service
activity in such a way as to gain further understanding of course content, a broader appreciation
of the discipline, and an enhanced sense of civic responsibility.
Bringle and Hatcher (1995)

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