Third, it taps the multiple intelligences of the learners and allows for the expression of each of these intelligences. Fourth, real world skills and competencies can be developed, thus enabling students to build fife skills. Fifth, it allows for an integrated multi-cultural perspective to develop within the curriculum. They learn to connect the classroom experience with life in the community. Students learn the relevance of subject matter from science and mathematics to the social sciences and humanities.
Students reflect on important moral and ethical issues.
How the curriculum can prepare students for a common citizenship while nurturing group cultures, values, and institutional participation is best addressed through Service Learning. There are three Service Learning Models which are currently operating under the term Service Learning. A selection of one or a merging of these three models is dependent upon the local leadership, belief systems, and resources within the school and the community. This paper proposes that there is a more personal philosophical. Each individual is unique in his or her self-image and is to be respected for his or her own uniqueness.