As with any instructional model, it is important to be able to apply your learning to a real-world problem. Think about the curriculum, community needs, and problems in the learning cycle that might be “solved” with service learning. By identifying community and school needs and connecting them to learning opportunities in your curriculum, you have done the groundwork and should be well on your way to planning your Service Learning Strategy Project. After all, once you pour a foundation, the next step is to frame out the structure. This Assignment will begin your project’s “frame.”
To prepare
Examine a Louisiana (or southern) school and school community for possible opportunities to create a Service Learning Strategy Project.
Review the Toolkit information regarding identifying problem statements found on the Course Overview page.
Review any Learning Resources you need to articulate your vision.
Using the criteria create a paper in which you do the following:
Write a clear, unambiguous problem statement that describes the community problem the project might address.
Cite the learning or curricular standard to which the project might align.
Explain the rationale for choosing this learning standard. How do you generally teach this standard? (Or, how has it been taught in the past?).
Describe how service learning might make this area of curriculum more engaging.
Explain how service learning might make this area of curriculum more learner-centered.
Describe the type of project you might construct to address the community need, using the learning standard.
Include with your paper a cover sheet, and use APA conventions for your references.
References:
Billig, S. (2000). Research on K–12 school-based service-learning: The evidence builds. Phi Delta Kappan, 81(9), 658–664.
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/mjcsl/3239521.0020.105/1
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.3239521.0020.105
https://gsn.nylc.org/clearinghouse
