Service-Learning Essentials: Questions, Answers, and Lessons Learned

Chapter 5 Designing and Implementing Cocurricular Service-Learning

As specified in 1.1, my definition of service-learning is intentionally broad enough to encompass experiences that are both inside and outside the formal curriculum, as long as they incorporate the fundamental practices of reflection and reciprocity. While it can be challenging to develop high-quality service-learning experiences outside the formal curriculum, carefully designed and implemented cocurricular experiences can enable student participants to achieve learning and developmental outcomes both similar to and different from those related to a discipline or academic course content. This chapter describes the various types of cocurricular service-learning experiences, ...