The City
Service Learning
SERVICE LEARNING
There is not one definition of service learning.
It is best described as service work combined with an intentional education component.
The Detroit Partnership's focus:
- Establishing and maintaining partnerships with organizations in Detroit, in order to develop structured opportunities for DP members to serve in a variety of capacities.
- Reciprocal and meaningful relationships with organizations and people in Detroit.
- Education! Giving DP members' proper context for their service is essential to our work. Our education includes various subjects including, Detroit history, sociological concepts, current events, urban issues, and effective methods of change.
- Reflection! The DP provides the opportunity for members to reflect on their service in order to further assess their experience. Reflection facilitates self-discovery, encourages thoughtful questions, and challenges patterns of thinking.
- The combination of the above goals will result in effective service learning. We hope to fulfill each facet of service learning in order to best serve our partner organizations and university members. We maintain that the growth and benefit of DP members is simply a byproduct of their service- not the motivation behind the service.
