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REQUIRING COMMUNITY SERVICE
FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
By: Krislene Dye EDU 290
October 27, 2009
Requiring Community Service for High School Graduation
It has become more common for public schools around the United States to require students to complete a set number of community service hours before graduation.
Though requiring community service in some school districts has created many lawsuits in the U.S.
Community Service is a Good Thing….Right?
Opponents feel that this graduation requirement creates “mandatory volunteerism.”
Proponents claim that community service creates service learning, which is essentially a “tool to enhance student learning”(Kraft).
Read more: http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/2414/Service-Learning.html
Examples of Community Service Projects
Tutoring Working at Soup Kitchens Fundraising Blood Drives Environmental Clean-up Coaching Sports
Read more: http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/2414/Service-Learning.html#ixzz0VAtKlESI
Name: Blood_drive
Author: jeremyfoo
Name: Road_cleanup
Author: P_Linehan
Name: Orange_Vest_Volunteers
Author: MoBikeFed
Name: Planting_trees
Author: laura.ouimette
The Difference Between Community Service & Service
Learning Community
ServiceService
Learning - Volunteering and Aiding your community and/or a organization.
- Volunteering and Aiding your community and/or a organization.
- Benefits the recipient more then the provider
- Equally benefits the recipient and the provider
- N/A - The volunteer activity is integrated into the classroom curriculum, and reflection of activity is often present.
Statistics on Community Service & Service Learning “The percentage of high schools involved in
some form of community service rose from 27 percent in 1984 to 83 percent in 1999”
A Roper Starch survey (2000) found that while 61 percent of Americans were unfamiliar with the term service learning, over 90 percent endorse the concept when it is explained to them.
Read more: http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/2414/Service-Learning.html#ixzz0VAjETaRI
Opponents of Required Community Service
Cost Scheduling of every child in school
to a project accomplished effectively Do some service organizations
expose minors to potential risks? If so who is reliable?
Adequate adult supervision Specific Requirements - How many
hours is enough but not too many?
Opponent views gathered from: “Mandated Volunteerism: Is It Right? Do We Want It?”
Proponents of Required Community Service
Positive effects on “…personal identity, spiritual growth, moral development, interpersonal development, the ability to work well with others, leadership, and communication skills.”
Leads to greater acceptance of diversity
Increase seen in Grade Point Averages
Read more: http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/2414/Service-Learning.html#ixzz0VAqsDZZl
Service Learning – History & It’s Impact on Public Schools
Service learning was first identified as a type of instruction in the mid-1960s
“[Service Learning] has also been called the "Trojan Horse" of school reform, and has become a mechanism which many schools and colleges are using to bring the school and community closer together and to provide a more active learning environment for students” (Kraft).
Creates better relationships between teachers, students, and the community
Creates motivation in classrooms
Read more: http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/2414/Service-Learning.html#ixzz0VAtxFJOR
Service LearningThe components of service learning:
the need for active participation
collaboration between school and community
integration with the students' academic curriculum
structured time for reflection
opportunities to use newly acquired skills in real-life situations
extension of learning beyond the classroom
fostering a sense of caring for others
Definition by The Commission on National and Community Service, http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/2414/Service-Learning.html
The Future of Service Learning
Keys Points to the success of required Service Learning Programs:
School Boards need financial backing for these programs (until this happens implementing service learning may be put on the back burner.)
Volunteered assistance by parents is essential to any service learning program.
Well trained teachers and administrators Read more: “Mandated Volunteerism: Is It Right? Do We Want It?”
Conclusion As a future educator and an active member of Central
Michigan University’s community I see and understand the importance of Community Service.
Service Learning trumps Community Service Require service learning over community service This would diminish the argument of volunteerism shouldn’t
be mandatory, because service learning is curriculum based. Mandatory service learning would be about LEARNING to
volunteer and how it connects to curriculum, instead of forcing volunteering (which is where most of the debate comes from).
Service Learning would create a better community for everybody, including the students who would learn a new life skill. Read more: “Mandated Volunteerism: Is It Right? Do We Want It?”
Works CitedEyler, Janet., Kraft, Richard J. “Service Learning - School, Higher Education.” 2009. 27
September 2009. http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/2414/Service-Learning.html
Lopez, Mark Hugo. “Youth Attitudes towards Civiv Education and Community Service Requirements. Fact Sheet.” ERIC. October 2002: Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE). 27 September 2009.
Morris, Christine. “Mandated Volunteerism: Is It Right? Do We Want It?” ERIC. September 1992: 1- 4. Updating School Board Policies; v23 n7. Web. 27 September 2009.
ImagesBlood_drive.jpg. Personal Photograph by jeremyfoo. 29 October 2009.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeremyfoo/1124875987/sizes/l/
Orange_Vest_Volunteers. Personal Photograph by MoBikeFed http://www.flickr.com/photos/mobikefed/2841175563/sizes/l/
Planting_trees. Personal Photograph by laura ouimette. http://www.flickr.com/photos/8244126@N06/512532859/sizes/l/
Road_cleanup. Personal Photograph by P. Linehan. http://www.flickr.com/photos/p_linehan/1383839970/sizes/l/
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