This document discusses service-learning, an educational approach that combines learning objectives with community service. Service-learning aims to promote empathy, social skills, and civic participation through hands-on projects that meet real community needs. Examples are provided of service-learning projects carried out by students in areas like tutoring, blood donation drives, environmental restoration, and communication workshops. The benefits of service-learning are said to include improved self-esteem, learning skills, and understanding of social issues. By applying knowledge through community service, students enhance their education while helping others.

1. Service- Learning:
Training to change the world
1r Congrés Català de l'Educació Física i de l'Esport
7th FIEP European Congress
June 2012
Roser Batlle

4. What is the
ultimate aim
of learning?
Promoting individual Promoting empathy
curriculum and and generosity for a
competence? better world?

5. What changes are
needed?
Education of talent?
Creativity education?
Technological skills?
Learning to learn skills?
Competency education?

6. But...
They were creative...
They had talents...
They had a good
academical level...
They were good
communicators...
They had reached a
good level in the PISA
evaluation...
They were
competent!

7. We can not build a
just society with
mediocre citizens...
Adela Cortina

8. Educational Social
success commitment

9. Service-Learning

10. Tutors to tell stories
Helping little children to read!
Service action Learning
Boys and girls prepare stories to Oral communication skills,
narrate to little children, in order imagination, concentration,
to improve their skills in listening, empathy, personal responsibility.
reading , and undestanding.

11. Blood donation campaign
Increasing blood supply for hospitals!
Service action Learning
Boys and girls organize their own Knowledgeable about blood and
blood donation campaign in the donation needs.
neigbourhood and collaborate with Organisation and communication
the Blood Bank. skills.
Empathy, initiative, responsibility.

12. Blood Bank Schools
Particular outcomes (2010-2011)
82 Schools and Youth clubs participating.
4,168 donations.
1,232 new donors.

13. Without raising a hand
Helping little community based organizations to spread their goals
Service action Learning
In the applied Visual Knowledge and skills on the
Communication subject, boys and subject; well versed in the city; life-
girls design and develop a TV skills and working in group skills;
program on small community based empathy, responsibility, initiative.
organisations.

14. Mataró Town Fundació
Council Hospital
Secondary Social
School entities
Local
Television
Particular outcomes
52 community based organisations of Mataró have already one
documentary about themselves.

15. Bring back Ripoll river to life
Regenerating and protecting ecological richness of Ripoll river!
Service action Learning
Boys and girls with special needs  Environmental knowledge.
collaborate to produce an ecological  Bad plants.
campaign:  Citizenship paticipation.
1. eliminating invading plants.  Preventing work risks.
2. making nest boxes for birds that feed  Tool and technical skills.
on caterpillars.  Social and communication skills.

16. ADENC E.E.E. Xaloc
Particular outcomes (2011-2012)
100 meters cleared out from invading plants (riverside)
20 nest boxes built
Repopulated several species of toads and frogs.

17. Ticboi & Biciboi
Recycling and collaborating in traffic education!
Service action Learning
Boys and girls with social Self-esteem, commitment ,
difficulties recycle computers and perseverance, technical skills,
bikes for people who need them, working together, social and
and also organize traffic education communication skills in adults and
workshops for Primary schools. children.

18. Primary
Schools
Fundació
Marianao
Local Cooperation
associations NGO's
Particular outcomes
110 computers and 400 bikes repaired.
75 traffic education workshops in 20 Primary Schools

19. Kilometers for solidarity
Protecting the rights of vulnerable children!
Service action Learning
Children organize fundraising Interest in learning and
campaign through solidarity race understanding the world; critical
for the rights of children with analysis and reflection; empathy
social, health or economic needs. and generosity.

20. Primary and
Save the Children
Secondary Schools
Particular outcomes 2010-2011
1,249 schools participating.
308,000 children and youth involved in Spain (15,230 in Catalunya).

21. Communication Workshop
Improving oral communication of Secondary students!
Service action Learning
BBA students, after following a Self-knowledge and self-confidence,
Public Speaking Module, design empathy, overcoming stage fright,
and develop a Communication linking the needs of the
Workshop for Secondary students. community, communication skills,
leadership.

22. Sant Cugat Town Local Branch,
Council dep. of Education
Institut Institut Institut Institut
Angeleta Arnau Pla Leonardo
Ferrer Cadell Farreras da Vinci
ESADE

23. What projects have in common?
Community
Social need Learning
service
Community Networking

24. Service-Learning =
Learning by doing a service
to the community

25. A complete definition
An articulated educational activity that
combines learning process and
community service where in students
learn to work on present social needs
with the aim of improving them
Definition by Centre Promotor ApS

26. Combination of two elements
Practical service to the
learning community
Service-
Learning

27. Service-Learning
Learning improves Community Service, because it
straives for quality...
... and the service makes Learning work, because it allows
practical application.

28. Backgrounds
 A way to understand citizenship:
based on active participation and
contribution to improve the quality
of life of the society.
 A way to understand learning:
based on social responsibility,
research, reflection and action.
 A way to understand human values
education: based on experience and
practical habits.

29. Service to the community:
I We Others
Service-Learning strengthens discovery of
others, empathy and generosity.

30. Sensibility Commitment
 Several excellent practices
aim to improve sensibility
and awarness.
 Service-Learning requires
personal commmitment
by doing service to others.

31. Service Enhancing
awarness of
actions the people
Fundraising Collaborating
for a social in logistic
cause tasks
Boys and
girls can
do
Helping Arguing,
people with protecting,
difficulties claiming
Sharing
knowledge

32. Reciprocity
If boys and girls are aware
of learning achieved
through service, they can
express gratitude,
rather than expecting
other people to thank
them.

33. Integral education
Service-Learning
Citizenship
provides to the Self-esteem
participation
children and
youth Social skills
Human
Values
opportunities to education
enhance: Knowledge
and
competences

34. Conclussions
Service-learning is an educational
project with a social aim
Educational Social
success commitment

35. Service-Learning is
a discovery, not an
invention: schools
and social entities
practise it without
being aware of it

36. Service-learning promotes the
social capital of the community
Working
with others
Values and Trust and
rules safety

37. Service-learning is a training
for social entrepreneurship
"La saltadora" by Jordi Barba

38. To know more:

40. www.aprenentatgeservei.cat
www.zerbikas.es
www.aprendizajeservicio.net
www.apscantabria.org
www.clayss.org.ar
www.nylc.org
www.servicelearning.org
www.servicelearning.de

41. The ultimate aim of
education is to train
competent citizens
capable of transforming
the world

42. If not,
what is
the
education
for?
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