The importance of getting our students involved in service-learning

Education is crucial in the shaping of our children. To allow our kids to fully understand the importance of this education, we must first make sure they acknowledge their importance. In turn, they will learn that they are critical to the improvement of the world. In order to build up the passion and desire to make a difference, we must lead them to see examples of what they are capable of doing. Education is a stepping stone towards this potential, and service-learning projects are the perfect opportunity to connect students to the world around them.


Participating in service-learning projects in school, does a few important things. First, it helps improve the lives of others around the world. Second, it enhances a child’s relationship with their immediate community and the world. It also demonstrates to children that their skills and mindsets are important to creating changes they want to see. Finally, it enhances their drive for deeper education, so they can not only benefit their own lives, but also benefit others and the world around them.


Service-learning allows students to think critically. To define a problem and discuss how they can assist with the solution to a particular issue. They are able to practice leadership by brainstorming and not only discussing the answer to a problem, but to create change by doing, thus observing their first-hand impact.


Through these steps that take place in service-learning, kids are able to understand their value, and will seek a similar path in the future for continued impact. Service-learning allows students to discover how education is connected to their lives, and how their lives are connected to the world. Educators should guide them to become proactive in their environment, rather than reactive. You should encourage them to stop, think, and do something positive in response. Hopefully, they will begin to realize: education is a tool (a source of empowerment) to make something greater, and they have a role in this transformation.


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