“Service learning is a process of involving students in community service activities combined with facilitated means for applying the experience to their academic and personal development. It is a form of experiential education aimed at enhancing and enriching student learning in course material. When compared to other forms of experiential learning like internships and cooperative education‚ it is similar in that it is student-centered‚ hands-on and directly applicable to the curriculum” (Office
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There are different views about the way in which psychological and physical development continue throughout our life span. In addition to individual differences‚ development psychologists agree that development occurs in an orderly way and in different areas at the same time. However it is clear that this can happen continually or discontinually. Theories of development can influence current practice into childcare as they show us how to understand a child’s developmental processes. It can help
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on throughout my service learning experience in both my observations and my activities. Bullying in any of its forms‚ whether it be sexual harassment‚ cyberbullying‚ or its “traditional” manifestation of generalized harassment‚ relates directly to the topic of health and one’s physical and mental wellbeing. The impacts of bullying
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Service Learning Project: Interview with a Mormon Deacon For my service learning project I interviewed a lay minister in the Mormon Church. Brett Anderson is a Deacon in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints‚ located at 6240 UTSA Boulevard‚ San Antonio‚ TX. I choose this interview to fulfill the requirement of my project to compare and contrast the traditions of the Mormon faith and the Catholic faith. I have found Brett to be a man who has a strong moral and religious base
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As I look ahead to my service learning experience‚ my hope is that I am able to make it a rewarding life lesson for my players and myself. I believe that there are many benefits to incorporating service learning into our curriculum. Aside from making a positive contribution to our community‚ we will learn the value of serving others above ourselves. My project will be conducted at the Liberty Humane Society Animal Shelter here in Jersey City. I chose Liberty Humane because I have been a volunteer
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The service learning experience was the most exciting part of the senior exit project because it allowed you to be creative and explore more hands on with your topic. Considering‚ how much research and proof there is about the influence advertisements have on children’s food choices really helped me focus my service learning experience on combating the junk food commercials with my own version of advertising healthy food to adolescents. My first product I chose to make was a cookbook that I titled
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Service Learning Reflection Paper I chose to go to my home town to work with Kid ’s Klub for my service learning project. Kid ’s Klub is a ministry of Wesley United Methodist Church offering quality before and after school care and summer camp programs for children ages five to fourteen. The reason I chose to go to my home town for this project is because I regularly participate in this program when I am home for breaks. While I am there I assist the children in any area in which they may need
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There are many different theories of development that help us to understand children’s behaviour‚ reactions and ways of learning. All equally important as they influence practice. To begin with there is Piaget’s constructivist theories which look at the way in which children seem to be able to make sense of their world as a result of their experiences and how they are active learners. He also suggested that as children develop so does their thinking. Piaget’s work has influenced early years settings
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Service learning‚ volunteerism and communication service terms Service-Learning is a teaching method that combines meaningful service to the community with curriculum-based learning. Students improve their academic skills by applying what they learn in school to the real world; they then reflect on their experience to reinforce the link between their service and their learning. Service Learning is often confused with volunteering and communication services. Both activities are a form of service
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staying after school for service learning. The service learning that I’m going to be doing is to clean the Pacoima libraries garden on Saturday‚ June 4th. What we have been doing for the past two weeks was to plan out what we were going to do at the library‚ the parts that we each had‚ and also learn about what serves learning was and what resources we had to help out our community. To being with‚ the first thing we did on the first day was to learn about what serves learning means and what kind
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