Reflection enables students to critically think about their service experience. When students reflect on their experiences, they think about them, write about them, share them with others, and learn from them. The reflection time is a structured opportunity for students to learn from their experiences. Celebration is the component of service learning which recognizes students for their contributions. It also provides closure to an ongoing activity.
Society needs to let young people know that their contributions are valued.
The service learning framework can ensure success for all such tutoring projects. Due to the greater awareness schools and communities have of service learning and the increase in funding sources, it also becomes a vehicle for expanding tutoring efforts in our schools and communities. The subsequent reduction in the nation's dropout rate that this strategy could produce would be of great benefit towards meeting the National Education Goal. Protective factors in the family, school, and community. A new look at a popular practice.