Reflection On Service Learning Experience

The service learning activity that has been the most meaningful to me is the Backpack Program. Over the past four years, I have been involved with the Beta Club which is a big contributor to the program. The reason this activity is so meaningful to me is because if affects the peers in my schools who are in need. Every year we are told a story about a student who was receiving items from the program. One afternoon while selecting items, he picked some bananas and stated "My little sister will be exited about these. We have not had fresh fruit at house in over a year." Every time I here that story, it motivates me to help out my fellow Chase High Students. Not only do I bring food, but I bring necessities that someone would need to maintain

During the spring semester of 2015, I took the Service-Learning course in psychology (Psych 410). The general structure of this course included attending a 70 minutes long class on Mondays and Wednesdays to learn about service learning from the psychology field perspectives, reading scientific articles, conducting literature reviews to broaden my understanding of the subject, and in class constructive discussions with my colleagues. The course required 50 hours of community service at any local organizations or schools. From February 24 to May 8, I volunteered at the Arc of southern Maryland, an organization that provides residential services for individuals with intellectual disability. This organization has several homes in the Leonardtown area. Each home has four to five residents that are grouped based on the developmental disability conditions. As part of the class, I was required to write eight reflection papers about my volunteer site visits that were minimum of one page. Additionally, the class required me to develop a hypothetical program that would be beneficial for the individuals that I worked with.

Throughout the experience, I examined another social problems which is animal rights. I had an interesting conversation with other volunteers, we talk about animal consumption in an inhumane way that violates animal rights. For example, people hunting wildlife that are precious or be in protected to sale them for money or even hunting for fun. This is touch my heart because animals are just ignorance like children. Also, we can’t deny the fact that human need to consume protein from the livestock in my prospective. But it can’t mean that we can overkill or over consume. Killing wildlife is just another thing that we need to think of. Once the wildlife species are gone, they will gone forever. Therefore, it is our

The service learning projects were able to be a new experience for me since I have never done volunteer work in my life. I have never volunteered at a church or for the homeless population here in Las Vegas. I have never even volunteered for any event so this was definitely like a whole new world to me. At first it was an irritation because you have to fill out volunteer forms and find somewhere that fits within your schedule, but I made it work, the experiences were definitely something that I had many thoughts about and different reactions to while I was being a volunteer. I appreciate the experience even though I have definitely come to the conclusion that volunteering for the homeless population is not something I enjoy doing,

Service learning is something that will be beneficial for me as a future educator. Service learning provides me the opportunity to take what I’m learning in the classroom and implement it. I had the opportunity to experience this at Watson Elementary school with Ms. Sherri Mccune. Ms. Mccune works with K-2 students who are struggling in the areas of math and reading. When I began my service learning Ms. Mccune, explained how she uses IEP’s with many of her students. According to Exceptional Learners: An Introduction to Special Education textbook, IEP’s our, “ Is the legal document that describes the educational services a student receives” (Hallahan, Kauffman & Pullen, 2012, p.28). Ms. Mccune explained to me how she has to meet with all of her students parents and go through a plan of action for their child. I found this to be beneficial for me as a student to learn from her while she was working on one. When I learn in a classroom I like to apply what I’m learning, so I can fully understand what is being taught.

Kids and teens in school these days are told to work hard to benefit their future. There’s so many options for colleges and careers. Sometimes it’s hard for students to get recognized by colleges even if there academics are amazing or you're a stellar athlete. These students are missing a piece, community service.

In this ten hours’ service learning, I found having instructor involve in the activity help students perform better. Children need demonstration that they can copy and learn from what the instructor do and say. There is no doubt that children would do well via copying. Additionally, children are exciting about the reward and doing well in the activity even though it is only a tattoo.

Incorporating service learning with academics is overall beneficial to students. With the combination of both in-class learning and community service, students are given the opportunity to use what they learn in class in the real world. Through this process, students are given skills that they will continue to use for the rest of their lives. Service learning improves students’ interactions with their peers and encourages them to become active leaders in their

The first time I heard about service learning at Saint Anselm College was when I took a tour in my Junior year in high school. As the tour guide was explaining what service learning was, it immediately sparked my interest. As a student, I learn better in a more hands-on atmosphere, and this experience seemed perfect for me. After arriving at Saint Anselm College and being offered to participate in service, I definitely knew that it was something that I wanted to participate in. I feel very fortunate to have had this experience, and

Service learning projects are good ways to get involved in your community. They can range from any type of community service or deed. Calumet High School can make a list of hundreds of things to do. I feel that it's best to keep some close to home and then the school can branch out to other communities. Our school should hold clothing drives, soup kitchens, and a clean-up committee. How cool would it be to help your community out?

Serving the common good has been one of the most influential classes I have taken since coming to Viterbo. It teaches us the importance of service learning and the impact it has on our community, which we are able to experience first-hand through our own service work. These hands-on experiences are what make this class so beneficial for the Viterbo Students. It gives us the opportunity to see how rewarding a life of serving can truly be. Throughout this paper, I contemplate my own service work, and reflect what service-learning means to me at a deeper level.

The project meet a recognized need in the community is I play with little kids, watch their safety, also assisting teacher. The project links to what I've studied in school was way back when I was in fifth grade. My teacher assigns me a kindergarten buddy, I teach him sight words and helping him writing sentences. I reflect throughout the service-learning experience is I have a happy time to play with little kids. I did not take leadership or ownership of the project. I prepared for this project talking to First Steps Director of the church. The strengths are teacher thinks I'm helpful and little kids like to play with me. I don't need any modification if I were doing this again, because my teacher is satisfied what I did.

Service-Learning is a teaching and learning method that integrates community service with academic coursework as it focuses on critical, reflective thinking. I had the opportunity to go to Kalamazoo for one of my Service Learning projects. My softball team and I hooked up with the Freedom Center of Kalamazoo and we helped the homeless people out. We gave them different things, or pretty much whatever they needed. We walked around different parks and places in Kalamazoo and talked with homeless people and gave them things they needed. In addition, I also helped at the Buddy Walk at Michigan State University. This was a great experience because I got to meet all sorts of people and I got to interact with some down syndrome people, and it really made my day.

Using the books of the Bible we have covered this semester draw a connection to a service experience or person you served or served with. Explain the connection with depth and detail.

The first service learning activity I did was attending the Community Programs Office 9th Annual Welcome Reception featuring civil rights activist Dolores Huerta on October 23rd from 6:30PM to 8:00PM in Wilson Plaza. This reception is held every year at the beginning of fall quarter with a different guest speaking every year. This year I was fortunate enough to hear Dolores Huerta speak that night. She spoke about the obstacles and oppression she had to overcome throughout her life. She also spoke about current political issues and how we, as students, can help create change.