Assignment: Service Learning Reflection Essay
Description: Writing about your service-learning experiences derives meaning from your service. Reflecting back on your experiences with a critical eye will help connect your coursework and real-life and give you time to evaluate the service efforts within the community where you live.
1). Think about what you learned about yourself through this experience. What do you consider your personal values? Consider how the service learning project helped you learn more about your personal values and attitudes. Did anything change over time for you?
2). What did you learn about the world beyond the classroom, the world in which you had the service experience? What surprised you?
3). Address at least 2 of the following:
• How did your service connect with what you are learning in class? (this class or any Purdue course)
• What is the impact of your service? For you? For the community?
• How do you feel about volunteering and corporate philanthropy? Is it important? Why or why not?
• What needs did your project address? What are the causes of those needs?
• How do people contribute to the problem? How can we, as a community, help to solve it?
• What did you learn about your own value to your agency? (This is especially important for those students who've not had a paying job up to this point).
• How does your understanding of the community change as a result of your experience?
• What were your expectations of this project prior to completing your hours versus what you feel were the ultimate outcomes? Were your expectations met? Why or why not?
• How can you continue your involvement in these or other issues? How can you, personally, raise others' awareness?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.