S-L vs. Volunteerism - Serving and Learning Together (SALT)

Serving and Learning Together (SALT)

SALT and Missions

About SALT

Service-Learning vs. Volunteerism

LU Serves

Community Partners

Faculty

Students

SALT Scholar

SALT Courses

Who's Talking About SALT?

Resources

Mary Morris Award

The service-learning experience is designed to accomplish service goals and learning goals, without sacrificing one for the other.

Volunteerism	Service-Learning
The focus is on the service provided and the service recipient	Equal focus on the service context and the academic context
Yields specific service outcomes	Yields both service outcomes and learning outcomes
Does not emphasize processing the experience	Places intentional emphasis on critical reflection that connects the service to specific learning objectives
Experience may be measured in the amount of hours served	Experience is measured by the learning that takes place and the service work accomplished

The SALT Center
Johnson 141 & 150

Director
Phone: (615) 966-7225

Cara Harris
Program Coordinator
Phone: (615) 966-5772

Shanda White
AmeriCorps*Vista
Phone: (615) 966-5772