Service Learning: Reflection Tools and Activities

Looking for ways to incorporate the service-learning project throughout the UE curriculum? Read this post!

Service Learning would not be an effective classroom experience without reflecting upon the different things the students learned through the service project. As instructors, you have the opportunity to spark the students' reflections and inspire growth both inside and outside the classroom. In this post, we invite you to check out the resources tools for facilitating individual and group reflection. 


Over the course of the service-learning projects, reflections should progress from simple observations and expressions of awareness or empathy to considerations of the social forces at work in the community and examinations of personal values. Relationships are key to helping students expand their viewpoints and their personal identities. 

Class Activities

UE Curriculum Resource --Discussion and journal prompts related to Service-Learning based on each chapter of the current UE textbook

Reflection Activities --A document from the Office of Community Engagement and Partnerships provides information about teaching methods that enhance students' service-learning experience.

Service Reflection Toolkit --A tool for instructors from Americorps


Reflective Questions about Service-Learning related to moral growth 

Reflection Activities (including ice-breakers) for facilitators from Firestarter Youth Empowerment

Globalization 101 --Lesson Plans related to topics like environment, migration, and human rights

For additional information about service-learning

Service Learning Resources from the USF Office of Community Engagement and Partnerships

What is Service Learning? A powerpoint presentation from from the USF Office of Community Engagement used at instructor training

Service-Learning in Community-Based Organizations from Learn and Serve Service-Learning Clearinghouse

Frequently Asked Questions about Service-Learning from the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse

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