The Service Learning Presentation

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In a service learning presentation, students learn about and help address a need or problem in a community agency or nonprofit organization, such as may exist in a mental-health facility, an economic development agency, or antipoverty organization. Typically, presentations about participation in a service learning project include the following information:

  1. Description of the service task.
    1. What organization, group, or agency did your project serve?
    2. What is the problem or issue and how did you address it?
  2. Description of what the service task taught you about those you served.
    1. How were they affected by the problem or issue?
    2. How did your solution help them? What differences did you observe?
  3. Explanation of how the service task and outcome related to your service learning course.
    1. What course concepts, principles, or theory relate to your service project, and how?
    2. What observations give you evidence that the principles apply to your project?
  4. Application of what was learned to future understanding and practice.
    1. How was your understanding of the course subject improved or expanded?
    2. How was your interest in or motivation for working in this capacity affected by the project?
    3. What do you most want to tell others about the experience and how it could affect them?