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that service-learning has a
positive correlation to academic
performance and other student
attributes such as student
motivation and attendance.
In-Kind Services: Donations are often an
important aspect of servicelearning
projects, as
community organizations,
businesses, and parents get
involved in the education of the
community’s youth. Everything
from transportation, tools,
hardware, and expertise can be
provided at no charge to
teachers and students with the
slightest amount of outreach.
Faculty Camaraderie: The faculty of a school may
have a predictable pattern of
behavior regarding the adoption
of new practices. Some may
totally support service-learning
without the need for
persuasion, while others have
less of a shared sense of
purpose. The tendency to
collaborate, and to support one
another even if they’re all not
participating directly,
demonstrates interest in
improving their teaching, and is
usually based on mutual trust
and respect, and a sense of
collective competence.
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practices by persuading
skeptics of its significant
impact on students.
Greater parent and community
involvement helps to ensure the
long-term sustainability of
projects by sharing the
management responsibility and
reducing the dependency on
cash.
Teachers work effectively
together, or are supported in
their efforts to innovate.
Service-learning is easily
integrated into the school.
while important, does not merit
attention as a pedagogical
approach.
Projects may be grant
dependent and may rely
primarily on the teacher’s
organizational skills.
Opposition to change of any
kind may be present, and
innovators may be isolated for
their efforts to improve.
Service-learning in these
contexts is likely to remain
marginalized at best.