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From Contemplation to Commitment: Framing the First-Year Service- Learning Experience
Presented by
- Dr. Dawn Duncan
- Dr. Joan Kopperud
Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota
From Contemplation to Commitment: Framing the First-Year Service- - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
From Contemplation to Commitment: Framing the First-Year Service- - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
From Contemplation to Commitment: Framing the First-Year Service- Learning Experience Presented by Dr. Dawn Duncan Dr. Joan Kopperud Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota SERVICE-LEARNING a teaching and learning method that upholds a
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Four T raits that Characterize Service-Learning
- Commitment to community
partnership
- Learning and academic rigor
- Intentional, refmective thinking
- Practice of civic responsibility
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THE CARC CYCLE
Contemplation Action Refmection Commitment
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CONTEMPLATION
to deliberate consciously about the challenges, needs, and expectations of the service experience
- prior to each session
- structured opportunities
- objectives and questions
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Forming Public Judgment
Brainstorm issues at your school or in the wider local area that are currently in the news or being debated. Which of these issues do you need to learn more about? Make a plan for how you can become more informed on this issue so that you might reach a positive public judgment. Follow through with the plan and begin a course of action based on your judgment. Document this entire process and share it with at least three other people.
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ACTION
the on-site work undertaken with community partners in
- rder to meet learning
and serving objectives
- physical labor
- intellectual skills
- social and/or emotional
support
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Action Log
- Date
- Time
- Service provided
- Partner’s signature
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REFLECTION
the lens through which you think critically about the experience, deeply considering how the action intentionally links to specifjc learning goals
- physical situation
- intellectual stretching
- social/emotional dimensions
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Creative Non-Fiction: A Day in the Life…
Think back over your entire service-learning
- experience. Select one day around which you may
shape a creative non-fjction short story. Perhaps reviewing your journal entries may help you make your selection. Recall the literary elements that are present in all well constructed stories.
- characters
- point of view
- setting
- plot/confmict
- theme
- audience
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COMMITMENT
a disciplined efgort to act upon your belief in the communal necessity of service and in the benefjts it afgords all involved
- moving to a deeper level
- additional investigation
- planning for future service
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Creating a Personal Manifesto
Identify some social aspect that deeply concerns you because of a value you hold
- dearly. What do you think are the
underlying issues surrounding the problem? What life skills do you need to develop to address these issues? How will these skills translate into concrete action? Use the graphic organizer to critically think through the issue(s) and your response.
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Manifesto (Graphic Organizer)
Issue, Cause,
- r
Underlying Issues Life Skills to Develop Concrete Steps to Take
My purchases can have environmental impacts. Understanding how to purchase products that are not harmful to the environment. Purchasing locally-grown
- rganic food Consume
- less. Purchase 2nd hand.
Educate myself about which food is less harmful for the environment. My purchases can have an impact on the lives
- f those who produce
the products I purchase. Understanding that my purchases can have dramatic social and economic efgects on people around the world. Purchase Fair T rade
- products. Educate
myself about socially responsible companies.
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THE CARC CYCLE
Contemplation Action Refmection Commitment
…using a journal approach
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