Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2000
Abstract
Service learning involves community service activities tied to the academic curriculum. It has strong roots in the progressive philosophy of turn-of-the-century educators like John Dewey, Harold Rugg, and William Kilpatrick, but its Widespread popularity is a contemporary phenomenon. A recent study by the National Center for Education Statistics reveals that 83 percent of high schools currently offer community service opportunities (compared with 27 percent in 1984). School-based service learning is among the fastest growing and popular education reforms of the past three decades. Jewish educators have seen similar
Recommended Citation
Westheimer, Joel, "COMMUNITY SERVICE LEARNING: Pursuing Jewish Ideals of Compassion and Justice" (2000). Special Topics, General. 108.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/slcestgen/108