Students involved with service learning can reflect on their experiences to gain a deeper understanding of course content and a broader appreciation of the discipline, improving critical thinking ...

Naomi Washington, B.A.‘25, volunteered with El Sol Elementary when she took the class in spring 2024, where she worked as a classroom aid. Already fluent in Spanish, she decided to take the course as ...

Suining Ding, Ph.D., is a professor of Interior Design at Purdue Fort Wayne, and she is a lifetime scholar dedicated to curating service-learning experiences for herself, her students, and the broader ...

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 ...

The names of the students mentioned have been changed for this story. In 2020, California’s State Board of Education adopted criteria and guidance to award a State Seal of Civic Engagement to students ...

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 ...

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 ...

Although a growing body of research has documented the benefits of service learning, most students don’t have this opportunity. Although a growing body of research has documented the benefits of ...

Pamela Sari’s interest in service-learning first blossomed several years ago while pursuing her doctorate degree at Purdue. “When I was a graduate student, I took an American studies class called ...

Service-learning is a pedagogical and andragogical approach in which student learning outcomes are realized concomitantly with meeting the needs of a community organization. Service-learning also ...

Relevant service with a community partner: the community placement is related to course content, and vice versa. Community-campus partnerships that are mutually beneficial. Students engage in ...