HOW DO I JOIN THE SERVICE LEARNING/EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING NETWORK?
Provide the following information and mail it to:
Institute for Global Education of the National Service-Learning Exchange; c/o Philadelphia University; Henry Avenue and School House; Philadelphia, PA 19144
(215) 951-0345 FAX (215) 951-2128
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“Encouraging students to actively participate in their communities is vital in preparing them for their future lives as citizens in our democratic society. Schools that provide students opportunities to develop the knowledge and skills to become actively engaged in civic life are important for the future of our democracy and the academic and social growth of our young people.”
Gene Carter, Executive Director of ASCD and member of the National Commission on Service-Learning
RGV writes “Download PDF of 2005 SELNET News Letter
For the past 3 years VALIANT, etc. has been pleased to host ASCD SELNET. They will soon have their own website and will be moving information there. When that occurs we will maintain what is already here, but will inform our readers of the move.
NEWSLETTER EXERPT:
“The recent preoccupation of the nation with reshaping academics and raising academic performance has all but overpowered a task of equally vital importance—educating our young people to become engaged members of their communities as citizens…. Citizenship in the American tradition is more than a status conferred. It has always aspired to the much higher level of personal participation, and is a continuing affirmation of the role of the self in self-government. But citizenship in the American tradition also carries with it the expectation that we will both enlarge its boundaries and pass it on to our children. We appeal to all Americans to broaden our concept of public education to embrace civic learning and engagement.”
from Restoring the Balance Between Academics and Civic Engagement in Public Schools, a policy initiative directed by the American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) and The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Download the Report at www.ascd.org
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SERVICE-LEARNING AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
The Evidence
Studies in at least three states have linked participation in service-learning to gains on student achievement tests. The largest of these studies took place in California, where students in more than half of the schools with high-quality service-learning programs showed a moderate to strong gain on achievement tests in language arts and/or reading (Weiler, LaGoy, Crane and Rovner, 1998). A study in Indiana found that service-learning students had higher test scores on the state assessments in grades 3 and 8 in English and mathematics (Civic Literacy Project, 2000). In Michigan, students who participated in service-learning scored higher on state tests in mathematics and reading for comprehension (Billig, 2000).
(The ASCD Service-Learning Experiential Learning NETwork)
This is your invitation To join ASCD’s exemplary Network.
Are you interested in learning by doing hands-on activities?
Would you like to feel more connected to your colleagues anywhere in the world?
Would you like to explore common interests and share problems and solutions with other professionals?
Would you like to build credibility for community-based experiences with a curriculum tie-in?
Is your time limited?
The December 2001 ASCD Update included a message from ASCD Executive Director Gene Carter regarding service learning. In the message entitled “Service Learning: A Powerful Way to Engage Students in Learning” Carter made the point that in a rapidly changing world students need a new kind of education, one that includes “meaningful community work.” He concludes “service learning must become a widespread and permanent feature of the educational landscape.”
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Subject: Service-Learning in the new ESEA legislation
This recently came from SeaNet, the association for state service-learning
coordinators.
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