An Asset Builder's Guide to Service-Learning

Search Institute

This book will help you:

Apply the concept of "service-learning" to your setting and volunteer program

Allow young volunteers to thrive in their volunteer work

Gain the best contributions from young volunteers

Search Institute, 2000, 143 pages, ISBN 1-57482-114-8, electronic version only

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Price: US$11.50

Susan Says:

A clear and informative strategy for schools, faith communities, and youth organizations to blend the best of effective service-learning programs with the philosophy of youth "asset building" and Healthy Communities.
 
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Brief Excerpt

From p.52: When it is effective, service-learning offers young people much more than an experience. It also introduces them to a process, a way of learning about and taking action on a wide variety of issues and concerns. As their comfort level grows and other opportunities arise, so will their willingness to explore new sites, issues, and activities. You can encourage this by stressing the idea that service is not an “either-or” activity (either our needs or the needs of others; either local or global), but rather it is “both-and” (both within and beyond the organization; local and state and national and global).

As you build a comprehensive service-learning program, you’ll likely want to provide a mixture of opportunities in several of these settings. Not only will different types of experiences attract different people to service-learning, it will also offer variety and reinforce the importance of serving others in all areas of our lives.

 

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