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service learning  

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  • Service learning is an active, creative pedagogical technique that integrates community service with academic study in order to enhance a student's capacity to think critically, solve problems practically, and function as a lifelong, moral, democratic citizen in a democratic society. In most cases, service learning takes place within an academic course. [Source: Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World; Service Learning]

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