The effects of service learning versus community service
While service learning and community service are two very similar services, they are two very different entities and can teach us different moralities. Service learning attempts to intergrade schooling alongside community service in a wider range area. Community service is going around to close communities and simply helping out in different ways. They both achieve the aspects of helping the surrounding communities in a number of different ways.
Service learning and community service have been studied by numerous psychologists. By doing so there has become a mountain of evidence suggesting that both service learning and community service promotes self-efficacy. Research reviewed by Richard Kraft and James Krug brought them to the conclusion that both approaches benefited students (Kraft & Krug, 1994).
Although, similarities between the two leave them hard to tell apart from one to the other. It is the differences …show more content…
When using service learning students are challenged to think about why these people are in these type of situations, to begin with (Markus, Howard, & King, 1993). They are challenged to think about what can be done to change the community. The teachers are more involved by discussing the politics behind the programs. The community service learning does not incorporate what the students are learning in a real-world application. These students are challenged to ask the hard questions of “why”. What can I do as a student looking for a career for my future? How can I help these people? Another major difference is that service learning tends to broader community needs. This program branches out further than the generic community service program (Vogelgesang & Astin, 2000). It includes more communities not just localized to the