You don't need to be a teacher to recognize that important student learning takes place outside of the classroom. Service learning is an intentional instructional strategy used by schools across the ...

Service-Learning Projects have the potential to transform student learning. Currently, over a semester timeframe, students have the potential to develop a sense of social responsibility and an ethic ...

Laura Bittner and Barbara Young, both professors in Purdue University’s Patti and Rusty Rueff School of Design, Art, and Performance, have been instrumental in integrating service-learning and ...

Editor’s Note: Each year, Cathy Collins, the library media specialist and Chinese exchange-program coordinator for the Sharon school district in Massachusetts and a board member of MassCUE, ...

Last weekend I was on #elemchat with my colleagues near and far on Twitter and the topic of discussion was service learning. Service learning can be defined in many ways but it is primarily when ...

In the 21st century, a university has to prepare its students for a complex, rapidly evolving and increasingly challenging world. Modern society requires adaptable citizens who can solve problems and ...

When teaching courses that bring together students from different disciplines with varied prior knowledge, classroom learning alone is not always enough. Service learning, which involves students ...

Service learning is an educational program that integrates community service with classroom instruction to enhance learning, teach civic responsibility and strengthen communities. For the chemical ...

Purdue’s Office of Engagement provides grants to students or student organizations for work on community service-learning projects. The program’s goal is to expand the community involvement of Purdue ...