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August 11th 2010
Personal Benefits
The strongest and most consistent findings from research on service-learning, gap years, and international volunteering are in the areas of PERSONAL and SOCIAL development:
- self esteem
- empowerment
- prosocial behaviors
- motivation
- engagement in activities
- Increased self confidence, self-esteem, self-knowledge and resiliency
- Greater independence and maturity
- Better perspective on themselves and the world around them
- A development of practical life skills: communicating, problem-solving, stress management....
- Increased personal commitment to civic engagement and social responsibility
- Increased passion for learning and a greater focus on education
- Better understanding of academic and/or learning goals of experience
Research has shown that service-learning experiences, which are based on mutual/shared partnerships and place equal emphasis on both the service and the learning (including a focus on critical reflection) offer benefits to students in the following areas: Academic and Cognitive Development, Civic Development, Career Development, Ethical and Moral Development, Personal Development, Social Development.
(according to The Educational Impacts of Service-Learning by Andrew Furco; University of California-Berkeley)
