Module 1 - Introducing Service-Learning
Lesson 3: Standards of Quality for Service-Learning
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| OVERVIEW |
This lesson will discuss Standards of Quality for School-based Service-Learning. These standards
provide a foundation for developing service-learning as a teaching strategy. Two different groups
have developed lists of standards: The Alliance for Service-Learning in Education Reform and The
California Task Force.
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| COMPETENCIES |
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
- Understand and discuss the importance of the Standards of Quality for School-based Service-Learning.
- Understand that service-learning is an effective instructional strategy.
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| TERMS |
- Standards of Quality
- "Thinking-Meaning Centered" Learning
- "High Service/Integrated Learning" Activities
- The California Service-Learning Task Force Project
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| ACTIVITIES |
Activity 1:
a. Write a Summary of the Standards
of Quality for school-based Service-learning
b. Read "Service-Learning, Linking Classrooms and Communities"
See the Report of the Superintendent's Service-Learning Task Force, California Department of
Education, Sacramento, 1999 (call 1-800-995-4099 for ordering information).
If you do not have access to the full report, go to the
Toolbox and read, "Recommendations of the Service-Learning
Task Force."
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