Service Learning

SERVICE-LEARNING 4-H AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT COUNTY FACT SHEET

November 2015

Reviewed by Gail Long (Cooperative Extension Program) and Ami Neiberger-Miller (Steppingstone LLC)

The Importance of Service-Learning Service-learning is an opportunity for youth to “learn by doing.” Studies have shown that students who participate in service-learning projects demonstrate increased academic engagement and academic achievement while exhibiting positive civic attitudes, behavior, social skills, and personal skills.

“Service Learning is an educational method where students learn and develop by engaging in active service that meets the needs of the community. It includes structured

There are several types of service-learning projects. Service-learning projects could be either direct service (works directly with the individuals being served), indirect service (works to plan the service), or advocacy (promotes a solution for a problem). Service-learning careers includes administration, teaching, fundraising, evaluation, and counseling.

time for youth to reflect on their service experience and influences lifelong learning.”

-National 4-H Cooperative

Curriculum System (2005)

Stages of the Service-Learning Process Scan QR Code

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Monthly Fact Sheet Published by Joaquina Scott Kankam (Program Specialist, 4-H and Youth Development)

One Day 4-H This year, One Day 4-H took place on October 10th. It is the one day designated by Texas 4-H to provide 4-H members, parents, leaders, and volunteers an opportunity to give back to the communities in which they work and live. To commemorate the Texas A & M Forest Service’s 100th Anniversary, One Day 4-H had a “featured service project” to plant a Bur Oak Tree in each county. A Bur Oak Tree can thrive in all 254 Texas counties.

Sources “Agents of Change” Service Learning Activities for Middle School Youth (2005) http://www.4-hmall.org/curriculum/Look-Inside/BC/ServiceLearning/08182_LookInside.pdf National 4-H Cooperative Curriculum System “Service Learning: Mission Online” (2005) http://new.4-hcurriculum.org/projects/servicelearning/ Texas 4-H “One Day 4-H” (2015) http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/oneday/ Texas A & M Forest Service Commemorative Tree Planting Service Project Guide (2015) http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/files/2015/08/15_OneDay_ForestServiceProjectGuide.pdf The Impact of Service-Learning: A Review of Current Research (2005) http://www.nationalservice.gov/sites/default/files/documents/issuebrief_servicelearning.pdf

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Monthly Fact Sheet Published by Joaquina Scott Kankam (Program Specialist, 4-H and Youth Development)