Comments on: Can Service Learning Offer Solutions to Our Current Economic Crisis? http://www.angelastockman.com/blog/2009/03/10/can-service-learning-offer-solutions-to-our-current-economic-crisis/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:59:51 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Angela http://www.angelastockman.com/blog/2009/03/10/can-service-learning-offer-solutions-to-our-current-economic-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-1022 Angela Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:02:23 +0000 http://www.angelastockman.com/?p=743#comment-1022 Thank you for stopping by, Bob. You raise some thoughtful points about the complex nature of the question I was asked to address as well as the power of words. I know that my friends at NSLC will see your comment, and I'm sure it will give them pause about their choice of words. You've given me much to think about. Thank you for stopping by, Bob. You raise some thoughtful points about the complex nature of the question I was asked to address as well as the power of words. I know that my friends at NSLC will see your comment, and I’m sure it will give them pause about their choice of words. You’ve given me much to think about.

]]> By: Bob Heiny http://www.angelastockman.com/blog/2009/03/10/can-service-learning-offer-solutions-to-our-current-economic-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-1021 Bob Heiny Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:58:26 +0000 http://www.angelastockman.com/?p=743#comment-1021 I like your blog and this post about service learning, a continuing academic and practical interest of mine for over 40 years! Yes, I think so called service learning offers a response to people's situations, however they define them for themselves. It does not offer a final "solution." And yes, hopefully someone will develop a practical way to link indices of that learning with standards. Some of us developed self report learning formats for undergraduates involved in community activities four decades ago. While those formats worked for students and faculty, they took more time to evaluate than what teachers call portfolios today. Thanks for these quick moments of memories. (A vocabulary side note: The word solution prompts for many of us the image of Nazi gas chambers associated with the Nazi Final Solution. The word "response" to a situation has a neutral image consistent with scientific reporting. Perhaps teachers can draw out these differences in an age of "solutions.") I like your blog and this post about service learning, a continuing academic and practical interest of mine for over 40 years!

Yes, I think so called service learning offers a response to people’s situations, however they define them for themselves. It does not offer a final “solution.”

And yes, hopefully someone will develop a practical way to link indices of that learning with standards. Some of us developed self report learning formats for undergraduates involved in community activities four decades ago. While those formats worked for students and faculty, they took more time to evaluate than what teachers call portfolios today.

Thanks for these quick moments of memories.

(A vocabulary side note: The word solution prompts for many of us the image of Nazi gas chambers associated with the Nazi Final Solution. The word “response” to a situation has a neutral image consistent with scientific reporting. Perhaps teachers can draw out these differences in an age of “solutions.”)

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