Benefits of Service-Learning
Service-learning provides direct benefits to students, faculty and the community.
According to the National Commission on Service-Learning, service-learning provides the following benefits, it
- enriches student learning
- teaches civic responsibility
- strengthens communities
Students have practical experiences that can be drawn into the course work. Faculty members have partners/service site representatives in the community that assist in teaching and learning. Students also develop a more concrete understanding of the topic by experiencing it.
The community benefits from the time and efforts of the student. From creating a new brochure to make community members more aware of services to working to make a children’s program more educational to testing water samples, students make a difference in the quality of life in our communities.
For more information about service-learning, please contact service-learning@iastate.edu or call 515-294-4354.