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SERVICE LEARNING DAY. ACCESS 10 TH GRADERS , MARCH 8 TH , 2011. WHAT IS SERVICE LEARNING ?. Service-learning is a method of teaching, learning and reflecting, frequently youth service in the community. As a teaching method, it falls under the philosophy of experiential education.
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SERVICE LEARNING DAY ACCESS 10TH GRADERS , MARCH 8TH, 2011
WHAT IS SERVICE LEARNING ? • Service-learning is a method of teaching, learning and reflecting, frequently youth service in the community. As a teaching method, it falls under the philosophy of experiential education. • Service Learning integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection, to: • Enrich the learning experience • Teach civic responsibility • Encourage lifelong civic engagement • Strengthen communities for the common good
Service learning is a method by which students or participants learn and develop through active participation in thoughtfully organized service that is conducted in and meets the needs of a community
What Happened on March 8th? All 10th grade Access students participated in a Service Learning Day in their towns and villages: • They helped children clean, paint and decorate their kindergartens • They taught English to younger students • They designed and hung materials in English in one of the younger students’ classrooms • They added color to their own school by drawing and painting the walls, fences, and benches
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Tel Sheva B Students Decorating the Inside of a Kindergarten
ZinmanDimona Students Teach Junior High Students About Environment
Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. • John F. Kennedy • We make a living by what we get, • but we make a life by what we give. • ~Winston Churchill