U2C7L1: Evaluating a Service Learning Project Flashcards
Project
A task or problem undertaken by a group of students to supplement or apply classroom lessons; service learning projects are initiated and planned by Cadets with instructor guidance.
Placement
Service learning placements are learning activities conducted within an existing business or organization; the placement organization typically assigns responsibilities to the students.
Direct Service
Face-to-face contact with those being served in either project or placement models of service learning.
Indirect Service
Hands-on involvement in a service activity without any face-to-face contact with those served.
Advocacy Service
The act or process of supporting or providing a service toward a cause or proposal that does not require face-to-face contact.
After Action Review
Reflecting on what was learned after an act.
Observation
An act or instance of examining a custom, rule, or law; an act of recognizing and noting a fact or occurrence; a record or description so obtained.
Analysis
The separation of a whole into its component parts for individual study; a study of something complex, its elements, and their relations.
Integration
The act or process, or an instance of forming, coordinating, or blending into a functioning or unified whole.
What are short-term project/long-term project examples? (List 2 for each)
Short-term:
- Raising money at an event for charity during the financial planning lessons
- Visiting a nursing home while discussing wellness and fitness issues
Long-term:
- Adopting a local waterway while studying environmental issues
- Organizing an after-school tutoring program during lessons on teaching skills
Explain the 2 models of service when doing a service learning project.
- Project: planned by cadets with instructions from teachers about your curriculum
- Placement: planned by business/organization with cadets assisting, like for different events that correlate with lessons
What are the 3 types of service?
- Direct: face-to-face contact in project/placement, like working in soup kitchens
- Indirect: not face-to-face but hands-on involvement, like emailing deployed soldiers
- Advocacy: not face-to-face but speaking on behalf of an issue, like campaign about recycling at schools
What are 4 things to consider when conducting a service-learning project?
- What core abilities/program outcomes are we addressing?
- What is the lesson question from the curriculum?
- What should we know or be able to do?
- What assessments can illustrate our learning?
What are the 3 phases in AAR?
- Structured Reflection Phase: keep a log of feelings and thoughts with experiences in groups or alone; work to improve and do better.
- Demonstration Phase: share mastery of skills/ideas and list future outcomes/steps.
- Evaluation Phase: determine efficiency of project about accomplishments and determine ways to improve.
What are the different types of reflection questions?
- Observation: What? What did I do?
- Analysis: So what? What did it mean to me?
- Integration: Now what? What will I do because of what I accomplished or learned?