Upper Division Service Learning
Personal Narrative
In service learning, my group visited Highland Elementary School every Monday to teach the kids about Japanese culture. Our goal each week was to create lesson plans that integrated both language and culture in each lesson. Similarly, we hoped to motivate each child to compare and contrast their own culture with others in order to become more culturally aware of the world around them. I learned that when you go into a community you perceive as broken with the intention to fix it, you do more harm than good. But going into a community to serve it allows you to put people's will before your own and learn in depth about what makes the community special.
Course Description
Service Learning is a CSUMB specific course which takes students to different locations in the area and do various volunteer activities. For Upper Division Japanese Service Learning, students go to after school programs in the local elementary schools to teach them about Japanese culture. In the course, students learn about social injustices and cultural injustice.
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In service learning, my group visited Highland Elementary School every Monday to teach the kids about Japanese culture. Our goal each week was to create lesson plans that integrated both language and culture in each lesson. Similarly, we hoped to motivate each child to compare and contrast their own culture with others in order to become more culturally aware of the world around them. I learned that when you go into a community you perceive as broken with the intention to fix it, you do more harm than good. But going into a community to serve it allows you to put people's will before your own and learn in depth about what makes the community special.
Course Description
Service Learning is a CSUMB specific course which takes students to different locations in the area and do various volunteer activities. For Upper Division Japanese Service Learning, students go to after school programs in the local elementary schools to teach them about Japanese culture. In the course, students learn about social injustices and cultural injustice.
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service_learning_final_presentation_jp320s