Learning is easily lost in massive one-day service events. The organizers of Into the Streets day take pains to keep reflection in for the 400 to 500 students involved. At the end of their day of service, students are given a list of questions and put into mixed groups to discuss their expectations and the service experience. These discussions later become the seeds for longer reflection papers that are incorporated into various service-learning classes.
From Service Matters 1998: Engaging Higher Education In the Renewal of America s Communities and American Democracy
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