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Article: Service-Learning Leadership Development for Youths.
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- Phi Delta Kappan
- Article date:
- May 1, 2000
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Service-learning without intentional leadership development is trivial and shallow, these youthful authors point out. And such leadership development requires adults and young people to work collaboratively in the design of service-learning. When that happens, the outcome will be both profound learning and successful projects.
NEEDED IMMEDIATELY: Young people and adults ready to work together toward community improvement, social change, and learning. Ideal candidates must be willing to take risks, learn, and share power and accountability for success and failure. Benefits include challenge, leadership development, a new perspective on intergenerational affairs, ...