Service-Learning: A Balanced Approach to Experiential Education

Authors

• Andrew Furco, University of California - Berkeley

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1996

Abstract

For over a quarter of a century, education researchers and practitioners have struggled to determine how to best characterize service-learning. In 1979, Robert Sigmon defined service-learning as an experiential education approach that is premised on "reciprocal learning" (Sigmon, 1979). He suggested that because learning flows from service activities, both those who provide service and those who receive it "learn" from the experience. In Sigmon's view, service-learning occurs only when both the providers and recipients of service benefit from the activities.

Comments

Furco, A. (1996). Service-learning: a balanced approach to experiential education In Taylor, B. and Corporation for National Service (Eds.), Expanding Boundaries: Serving and Learning (pp. 2-6). Washington, DC: Corporation for National Service.

Recommended Citation

Furco, Andrew, "Service-Learning: A Balanced Approach to Experiential Education" (1996). Service Learning, General. 128.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/slceslgen/128

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