Service Learning Outcomes For STUDENTS

Personal Growth and Development

• Self-esteem
• Personal efficacy and sense of responsibility
• Moral development and reinforced values and beliefs
• Exploration of new roles, identities, and interests
• Willingness to take risks and accept new challenges

Intellectual Development and Academic Learning

• Basic skills, including expressing ideas, reading, and calculating
• Higher level thinking skills, such as problem-solving and critical thinking
• Skills and issues specific to service experience
• Motivation to learn
• Learning skills, including observation, inquiry, and application of knowledge
• Insight, judgement, and understanding

Social Growth & Development

• Social responsibility and concern for others
• Political efficacy
• Civic participation
• Knowledge and exploration of service- related careers
• Understanding and appreciation of. and ability to relate to, people from a wide range of backgrounds and life situations (Conrad and Hedin. 1989)

Service Learning Outcomes For SCHOOLS

• Paradigm shift - teachers as coaches and facilitators; student responsibility for their own learning.
• Motivated learners engaged in authentic and significant work.
• Cooperative learning environment
• Teachers as reflective practitioners engaged in planning, curriculum development, and inquiry.
• Collaborative decisionmaking among administrators, teachers, parents, students and community members.
• Positive, healthy, and caring school climate.
• Community involvement, resources, and support in the education process.
  

Service Learning Outcomes For COMMUNITY

• Valuable service to meet direct human, educational. health, and environmental needs.
• Schools as resources - School/teacher/student teams serving as researchers and resources in problem- solving and community development.
• Empowerment - School/community partnerships to assess, plan, and collaboratively meet needs.
• Citizenship - Students become active stakeholders in the community.
• Infusion of infusion towards improving the institutional practices of schools and communities.
• Understanding and appreciation of diversity - across generations, cultures, perspectives, and abilities.