[U1C6L2] Preparing for Service Learning

Your service learning team is developing a plan of action for a community wide recycling drive. As you plan for all of the tasks that need to be completed, you realize that there is no way that you can accomplish a recycling drive for the whole community in the time that you have for the project.

What should you do?

• Revise the project goal. Instead of trying to cover the whole community, target a realistic number of neighborhoods.

• Scrap the whole plan and try to come up with a more realistic service learning project.

• Keep going and hope that you can miraculously accomplish it all once you get going.

• Revise the plan of action document from four pages to two by deleting some of the tasks.

Which of the following would NOT be a rule for Executing the Service in a service learning project?

• Ensure that you understand the task or goal at hand. If you are not sure, ask an authority.

• If you are a team leader, make sure your team members are assigned to the easiest tasks.

• If a situation or problem arises that needs an authority's attention, take what actions you can and have someone contact the person in charge.

• Arrive on time and always be courteous.

In service learning, what is meant by the term, “field education”?

• To study out-of-doors or in a non-traditional location away from school

• Performing service and training to enhance understanding of the natural world

• Performing service and training to enhance understanding within a field of study

• To study the environment and the natural world

In field education, you perform the service as a part of a(n) __________ program designed primarily to enhance understanding of a field of study, while providing substantial emphasis on the service.

• exploratory project

• experiential learning

• training

• field education

Service learning opportunities can use ____________ principles to incorporate scholastic programs with the curriculum.

• training

• field education

• problem-based learning

• exploratory project

One who facilitates; one who leads team discussion

• Facilitator

• Timekeeper

• Reporter

• Debriefer

One who encourages team members and leads discussions after presentation and team discussion.

• Orientation

• Debriefer

• Timekeeper

• Service learning

One who takes notes for the team and organizes information.

• Community service

• Reporter

• Recorder

• Facilitator

One who keeps track of time and plans the schedule.

• Reflection

• Timekeeper

• Debriefer

• Orientation

One who represents the team voice and reports team findings.

• Recorder

• Reflection

• Orientation

• Reporter