3 class content service learning, civic virtue

7/29/2019 3 Class Content Service Learning, Civic Virtue

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SERVICE LEARNING

a teaching and learning approachthat integrates community service withacademic study to enrich learning,

teach civic responsibility, andstrengthen communities.

Students who participate in

service-learning are more engaged intheir studies and more motivated tolearn

Active learning process (oral


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SERVICE LEARNING

Is a form of project based learning inwhich academic goals areaccomplished through community

service. Service learning developscitizenship, responsibility, and manyother positive character virtues.

It is a powerful approach to teachingthat provides students with authenticlearning experiences in which they

learn academic content in a real life,


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SERVICE LEARNING

Promotes learning through activeparticipation

Provides structured time for studentsto reflect

Provides an opportunity to use skills

and knowledge in real-life situations Extends learning beyond the

classroom

Offers powerful opportunities to


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SERVICE LEARNING

Accepting Responsibility Becoming an Independent Member of

Society RespectingHuman Worth and Dignity Participating in Civic Affairs Promoting Healthy Democratic

Foundations and Functions Developing respect for the rights of

others, respect for the law, civility,open-mindedness, criticalmindedness, civic mindedness, and


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Acquire good listening skills Improve and build effective

questioning skills Build coalitions Manage conflict Perform community and school

service Develop discriminating use of media

resources

Evaluate information and arguments


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SERVICE LEARNING

Volunteerism

Service-Learning

Youth Service Community Service

Peer Helping

Experiential Education

Community-Based Learning


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positive, meaningful and real to theparticipants

Connection to larger community

cooperative rather than competitive

experiences; promotes teamworkand citizenship

addresses complex problems in


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SERVICE LEARNING

Learning happens through cycle ofactions and reflections when workwith others

It is reciprocal in nature benefittingboth community and the serviceproviders

To understand real world challenges

develop personal and social

responsibility


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SERVICE LEARNING

students are able to identify the mostimportant issues within a real-worldsituation through critical thinking

promotes deeper learning; there areno "right answers" in the back of the

book

generates emotional consequences,

which challenge values and ideas


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CIVIC VIRTUE

Standard of righteous behavior inrelation to citizens involvement insociety

Relating to, belonging to society

Advocacy of various causes like

political,econamical,civil,environmental and quality of life issues etc

Productive,responsible,caring and

contributing member of society-citizenshi


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CIVIC VIRTUE

Moral underpinning of how a citizenrelates to society

Less likely to look beyond families ifthey dont understand civic virtue

When we try to engage others to

persuade them, we open ourselvesup to persuasion at the same time


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CIVIC VIRTUE

Unawareness, insensitivity toissues,selfishness,faulty reasoning,pressure force people to not to

follow civic sense to civic virtues such as equal rights,

tolerance, respect and the capacity

to make a difference; In community action and political

processes to solve problems and

protect the rights and interests of the


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CIVIC VIRTUE

n People are not born with the knowledge,the civic skills, the dispositions, nor the willthey need as citizens

n Civic virtue and character are shapedthrough acquisition of knowledge,intellectual skills, and participatory skills.

n Participatory skills must be taught,

understood, practiced, and reinforced inorder to preserve and improve democracyfor present and future generations.


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The function of education is make peoplerealize the sense of belonging to the worldand to teach them to think intensively and

to think criticallyIntelligence pluscharacter--that is the goal of trueeducation.

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