{"id":625,"date":"2009-11-24T11:23:56","date_gmt":"2009-11-24T19:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ethicsofisl\/?page_id=625"},"modified":"2010-02-08T12:52:08","modified_gmt":"2010-02-08T20:52:08","slug":"meanings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ethicsofisl\/about-2009\/meanings\/","title":{"rendered":"What does International Engagement and Service-Learning mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Service-Learning is a structured learning experience that  combines community service with preparation and reflection. Students engaged in  service-learning provide community service in response to community-identified  concerns and learn about the context in which service is provided, the connection  between their service and their academic coursework, and their roles as citizens.&#8221; [1]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It differs from ordinary volunteering placements in that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Service-learning  strives to achieve a balance between service and learning objectives &#8211; in service-learning,  partners must negotiate the differences in their needs and expectations.<\/li>\n<li>Service-learning  places an emphasis on addressing community concerns and broad determinants of inequ(al)ity and disparity.<\/li>\n<li>In service-learning, there is the  integral involvement of community partners &#8211; service-learning involves a principle-centered  partnership between communities and sending institutions.<\/li>\n<li>Service-learning  emphasizes reciprocal learning &#8211; In service-learning, traditional definitions  of &#8220;faculty,&#8221; &#8220;teacher&#8221; and &#8220;learner&#8221; are intentionally blurred. We all learn  from each other.<\/li>\n<li>Service-learning emphasizes  reflective practice &#8211; In service-learning, reflection facilitates the connection  between practice and theory and fosters critical thinking.<\/li>\n<li>Service-learning  places an emphasis on developing citizenship skills and achieving social change  &#8211; many factors influence health and quality of life. The provision of services  is not often the most important factor. In service-learning, students place their  roles as professionals and citizens in a larger societal context.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">International<\/span> Service-Learning (ISL) then, simply means experiences that involve entering communities in other countries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>BUT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We recognize that this term alone does not cover all the types of people who enter into marginalized or &#8220;developing&#8221; communities. In addition to students,\u00a0\u00a0 people like academics, researchers, peace corps volunteers, celebrities, consultants, sports teams or other citizens also engage with these communities, and so we chose the term &#8220;International Engagement&#8221; to include all these diverse groups.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\">[1] <\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Adapted from Seifer SD. (1998). Service-learning: Community-campus partnerships for health professions education. Academic Medicine, 73(3):273-277.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Service-Learning is a structured learning experience that combines community service with preparation and reflection. 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