Service Learning Project Reflection in ARO

Authors

  • Pohanmal Firoz Uzbek Karimi Member of English Language and Literature Department, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Faryab University, Faryab, AFGHANISTAN.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55544/ijrah.3.1.8

Keywords:

Service learning, integrating reading and speaking, community needs, problem solving, engaged, learning styles, unity, leaning peace, critical thinking

Abstract

This Service Learning Project Reflection in Afghanistan Relief Organization mainly focuses on my volunteer teaching during TESOL Graduate program at Kabul Education University. In this project, I discuss my understanding, experiences and my students’ beliefs about service learning. Service Learning Project Reflection in ARO is the community needs, especially the students who are orphanage students and I voluntarily be ready to teach them and share my experiences that I have learnt during my MA.

Afghanistan Relief Organization is partnership of ACCESS, so when I start my service learning the students are happy and they engaged in the lesson, because it is necessary for them to understand what I am teaching to enrich their knowledge.  Students who are in ARO studying full time and this service-learning course are optional. The purpose service learning, students learn more about their relationship with the communities they engage socially with classmates. Learn more about their capacity for serving others. Mostly in this course applied integrated speaking and reading English course involves forty hours teaching in ARO.  Service-learning is an experiential learning pedagogy that moves students beyond the classroom to become active participants in their learning and develop community knowledge and skills.

Objectives: The purpose of this article is to hold project service learning in ARO because of community needs and to develop students learning styles the process of learning through integrating reading and speaking skills.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Metrics

Metrics Loading ...

References

Conners, K., & Seifer, D. S. (2007). Faculty Toolkit for Service – Learning in Higher Education. Community-Campus Partnerships for Health: National Service – Learning Clearinghouse.

Cress, M. C. (2005). Learning Through Serving. A student Guidebook for Service-Learning Across the Diciplines. American National Standards Institute Z39- 48 Standards: Stylus Publishing, LLC.

Dewey, J. (1938). Experience and education. New York: Macmillan.

Eyler, J., & Giles, D. E., Jr. (1999). Where's the learning in service-learning? San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Mead, M. (1971). Coming of age in Samoa: A psychological study of primitive youth for Western civilization. New York: HarperCollins.

Perry, S., & Albright, E. (1999). Help at last: Integrating reflection into literacy instruction. Denver, CO: RMC Research Corporation.

Toole, J., & Toole, P. (1995). Reflection as a tool for turning service experiences into learning experiences. In C. Kinsley & K. McPherson (Eds.), Enriching the curriculum through service-learning (pp. 99-114).

Alexandria, VA: Association for Curriculum Supervision & Development. https://timviec365.vn/blog/service-learning-la-gi-new6583.html

Downloads

Published

2023-01-18

How to Cite

Karimi, P. F. U. (2023). Service Learning Project Reflection in ARO. Integrated Journal for Research in Arts and Humanities, 3(1), 41–45. https://doi.org/10.55544/ijrah.3.1.8