Sunday, October 17, 2010

Kahne and Westheimer "In the Service of What?" : Argument

In the article by Kahne and Westheimer argue that service learning is a way to improve the community and provide opportunities to educate other people doing the service learning.

In my opinion, I think that service learning has its ups and downs. I agree with Kahne and Westheimer in some ways but I also disagree in some ways. I think that service learning is a way to improve the community in some ways because you are there to help the less fortunate people in america. One example they give in the article is giving survival kits to the homeless. I think this is one way of service learning to help improve the community. Or is it just community service?

I also think that it means not only helping people in need but you benefitting from helping those people. For example going to the classroom you are helping the students who are less fortunate to go to a better school but you are also learning how to be a teacher while your helping other people. Unlike the example I gave above where you are just helping people by giving them the survival kit but you are not benefitting from this because you are not learning anything. This is where I disagree with Kahne and Westheimer because I think service learning is where both parties benefit. The first example above I think is a better example of community service because just one party is benefitting from the help you give.

All in all service learning is when you help someone less fortunate than you (service) and you benefit from doing it and learn something new to further your education (learning).

1 comment:

  1. Kathryn, I liked what you wrote in your argument and I used it in my blog, great points.

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