What isn’t service-learning (s-l)?
• An episodic volunteer program • Completing minimum service hours in order to graduate • One-sided: benefiting only the students or only the community • No formal reflection process Furco’s “Continuum of Service Types” (below) depicts academic service-learning in relation to other service types. In academic s-l, benefits are shared equally between Recipient and Provider, with a focus equally upon Service and Learning.
