Traditional vs. Critical Service-Learning: Engaging the Literature to Differentiate Two Models

Are dismantled. This article uses perspectives from the literature to uncover and explicate the meaning of a critical service-learning view. In discussing each of the three distinguishing elements of the critical ser-vice-learning approach, I examine the classroom and community components. Traditional vs. Critical Service-Learning Community service learning “serves as a vehicle for connecting students and institutions to their com-munities and the larger social good, while at the same time instilling in students the values of community and social responsibility ” (Neururer & Rhoads, 1998, p. 321). Because service-learning as a pedagogy and practice varies greatly across educators and institu-tions, it…