Service learning Service learning combines working outside the school, usually for the benefit of the community, with learning in the school. Service learning lends meaning and context to the information taught in school, and academic work gives a theoretical basis for the work experienced outside the school. In the Alon school in Israel, children 5-8 tutor seniors in internet skills. In the Ben Zvi middle school in Israel, learners combine their school work with working in old age homes, hospitals,etc. Thematic instruction Thematic instruction,or interdisciplinary teaching and learning is the organization of teaching and learning around themes and not according to the disciplines.
Thematic instruction breaks away from the traditional division of the curriculum into subjects.
The theory maintains that in reality there is no departmentalization between different areas, and that learning around themes is more meaningful . The dialog approach The dialog approach is an eclectic theory, developed by Aphek 1996 and implemented in several Israeli schools and afternoon learning centers. The dialog approach views education as a five component complex system. Learning is conducted in groups, service to the community is an integral part of school's life , and the dialog is a tool for communication between the different parties involved in the educational activity. This is opposed to the more traditional assumption maintaining that thinking is a consequence of learning.