This page offers Service Learning Examples, and describes the benefits of involvement for Students, Educators and Employers. In English classes, students write about their experiences working in homeless shelters, hospitals, etc., and discuss similar issues found in literature Students learn about local community institutions, organizations and public policies ad as they perform service activities linked to Social Studies and History. Students, with appropriate adult supervision, restore creeks, watersheds, and riparian habitats as part of science classes. Math students tutor third-graders in arithmetic.
Nursing students provide home health care to elderly or disabled.
Service Learning allows students to apply academics and classroom learning to real-world experiences which address community needs. Students actively reflect upon these connections usually in a journal before, during and after a project is complete. Another important aspect of Service Learning is the integration of course content with the service activities. Reflection and curriculum integration are some of Service Learning characteristics which differentiate it from mere volunteerism and Community Service. Service learning popularity is rapidly growing in schools nationwide.