The benefits of service learning extend beyond the classroom. Many potential employers are looking at the experience a potential employee may have as well as education levels. Once you get past a couple of years in the work force experience matters more than education. That being said you still need the foundation of education to get your foot in the door and continued education to maintain your level of expertise in a field.
50% community colleges understand the importance of service learning.
Students who do student learning have a better concept of real life. All inistittions should be involved in service learning
24% of public schools have service learning components
Reminded of Dewey's focus on learning by doing and its relation to modern developments in service education
Fifty percent of the community colleges and 25 percent of four-year institutions have made service learning a part of their curriculum.
MANY EMPLOYERS HAVE DISCOVER THAT STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATE IN SERVICE LEARNING HAVE A BETTER CONCEPT OF WHAT THE REAL JOB MAY BE.
SERVICE LEARNING SHOULD GET TO BE NOT ONLY A PART OF THE CURRICULUM BUT AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE STUDENT EDUCATION.
MANY EMPLOYERS HAVE DISCOVER THAT STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATE IN SERVICE LEARNING HAVE A BETTER CONCEPT OF WHAT THE REAL JOB MAY BE.
THEY WILL BE USING CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING ON REAL PROBLEMS AND GETTING THE SOLUTIONS FOR THEM.
THEREFORE, THE BENEFIT FOR THE STUDENTS IS ONLY MATCHED WITH THE BENEFIT RECEIVED BY THE COMMUNITY.
