Service Learning Reflection During my experiences with service leaning included: painting a bathroom, cleaning inside and outside of houses, and helping coach basketball. With each of these experiences I learned new things about what I was doing and learned new things about myself. As I went to each of these situations I was nervous as to what was expected of us. In each experience the person was good at explaining what they wanted to be achieved for the time I was there. When helping at the
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By doing service learning, I have been able to apply so much of what I learned in class to benefit our campus. The concepts of carbon emissions and sustainable farming that we covered have helped me understand how biking can reduce the impact our campus has on the environment. The work that EcoReps does goes beyond just alternative transportation. Some of the EcoReps members are hosting a farmer’s market, which provides environmental benefits that are similar to those of biking. These different projects
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A service learning experience is the application of reflection to consider the change that needs to be made in order to help a community run more efficiently (Homan, 2016). Throughout my service learning experience, I have developed new professional skills and gained a fresh perspective on the experience and my population served. I believe that in any new work environment one can gain these tools from fellow colleagues/coaches, supervisors/advisors and the individuals served. Additionally, working
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Samuel Durham American Government Professor Tapia 12/03/15 Service Learning Reflection Paper For my service learning project I volunteered as an intern at the 5000 role models project of excellent program. Head director Paul Wilson and his staff welcomed me with open arms. During my time there I assisted with many activities which helped me learn some great communication skills and also greatly benefited the staff as well. During my internship I was involved in encouraging mentors of different
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Service Learning Reflection For my service learning in OT 220, my group and I were assigned to work with the second grade class. Being that this was the biggest class, my group and I realized that we would need to plan out numerous activities. We first started by planning how we would present the topic of bullying. We decided to do an activity that involved each student writing one compliment on a pumpkin with another student. I decided to make pumpkins to enhance the topic of bullying, and to ad
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The Service Learning Program is through service and help people work to help students learn more about themselves, others, social issues, and the value of altruism and care practices, to promote self-growth. I have participated in this program through my secondary school. One part of this program is visiting the elderly that living alone. One of the most impressive experience is going to a grandmother’s home who living alone. The house is narrow, dilapidated and exudes a sour smell house. She smiles
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For my service-learning project, I worked with Alexander Porter and Victoria Mustovic to teach a class of third grade students about the immune system. We taught at the Cochranton Elementary School to a group of around twenty kids. We were in the gym to teach them so we had to use alternative ways to interact than presenting slides or drawing on a chalkboard. First, we went around to hear everyone’s name, to make them feel more appreciated and interactive. Vicki, Alexander, and I then performed a
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Culture & Cultivation English 4WS (Sec 2) – Critical Reading & Writing w/ Service Learning ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Instructor: Alex Zobel Email: akzobel@gmail.com Office: Humanities A82 Time & Location: T/R 9:00-10:50 Rolfe 3134 Office Hours: W 12:00 - 2:00 pm Mailbox Location: Humanities 149 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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How to Guide for REFLECTION ------------------------------------------------------------- How to Guide for REFLECTION The National Service-Learning Cooperative ServeAmerica K-12 Clearinghouse Pennsylvania Institute for Environmental and Community Service Learning Northeast Regional Technical Assistance Center Compiled by Lorraine Parrillo Cooperative/Clearinghouse Coordinator Northeast Regional Technical Assistance Center December 5, 1994 Used with their permission
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"There is ample evidence that high quality early education and childcare services can improve children's development, learning and behaviour. We also know that a well qualified professional workforce is by far the most important factor in delivering the best quality of services that give children the best possible start in life" Scottish executive (2006, p1) The national review of the early years and childcare workforce has brought about positive change within the early years sector. Focus was given
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