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Benefits of Service Learning

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  • source of extra person power in the community
  • interested in making contribution to human development
  • concerned about workforce training and conscientious in service
  • relatively easy to find and recruit
  • a base of future citizen support
  • able to draw upon expertise, interest of faculty, or institution
  • encourage analysis, questions and flexibility
  • mentoring of professionalism, problem solving, and skills
  • humanistic acceptance of the realities of service
  • expertise in making decisions and asserting ideas
  • recognize value of viewing their organizations' services   from a variety of  student perspectives
  • desire to assist in growth of future professionals
  • ENRICH their learning
  • REINFORCE concepts taught in their class
  • MOTIVATE them to engage with their communities
  • DEMONSTRATE theories with practical experiences
  • DEVELOPMENT of their civic literacy and work skills
  • BROADEN their perspectives about their communities
  • CONTRIBUTE their services to underserved populations and enhance community partnerships

IMPROVED:

  • motivational base of instruction and learning
  • community and college relations
  • student preparation for work
  • student satisfaction and retention
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