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Service Learning: Taking Students beyond Community Service.
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Andrus, Elaine – Middle School Journal, 1996
Defines service learning. Identifies four components needed to organize a quality service learning experience: preparation; student involvement in meaningful integrated service learning experiences; student reflection; and evaluation and self-study of service learning projects. Lists ten organizations with expertise in service learning and…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Middle Schools, Planning, Resource Materials
Service Learning: A Promising Strategy for Connecting Students to Communities.
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Schine, Joan – Middle School Journal, 1996
Explores the concept of school-based youth community service as a means to help students connect to their communities. Lists resources in service learning. Discusses ways to help service learning reach its potential. Presents arguments for and against having such a program, and addresses the debate about mandatory service. (DLH)
Descriptors: Community Services, Early Adolescents, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools
Learning through Giving: Using Service Learning as the Foundation for a Middle School Advisory Program.
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Kurth, Barbara – Middle School Journal, 1995
Describes service-learning program with opportunities for students to make a difference. Notes four core areas of the service-learning model: (1) preparation, including identifying, choosing and planning activities; (2) action; (3) reflection, both individual and group; and (4) recognition, both individual and group. (LBT)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Services, Group Activities, Middle School Students