| Holistic Education Network ... |
| Service-learning is active participation in thoughtfully organized service | "It is not
enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: What are we
busy about?"
--Henry David Thoreau |
| Service-learning is conducted in, and meets the needs of, the community. | "I find life
an exciting business and most exciting when it is lived for
others..."
--Helen Keller |
| Service-learning is integrated into, and enhances, the academic curriculum. | "[An
individual's] mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its
original dimensions."
--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. |
| Service-learning includes structured time for reflection. | "Study
without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is
dangerous."
--Confucius |
| Service-learning helps foster civic responsibility | "Never
doubt that a small group of dedicate citizens can change the world.
Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
--Margaret Mead |
| Service-learning promotes critical thinking. |
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." --Mahatma Gandhi |
Adapted from a Service Learning page at Gonzaga
University