The Lens Model for Service-Learning
Drawing on the wisdom of the seminal Cone & Harris Service-Learning model
The Service-Learning model proposed by Dick Cone & Susan Harris has proven to be seminal in the thinking & practice of many SL practitioners in Australian schools. The model proposes deep learning is more likely to occur when:
Cone, D., & Harris, S (1996). Service learning practice: Developing a theoretical framework. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, Fall, 31-43.
The Service-Learning model proposed by Dick Cone & Susan Harris has proven to be seminal in the thinking & practice of many SL practitioners in Australian schools. The model proposes deep learning is more likely to occur when:
- students are set up with conceptual lenses through which to see, understand and interpret their service experience
- students are enabled to process the meaning of the learning and fully integrate experiences with their existing knowledge and understanding through structured, concept based reflection and mentoring
Cone, D., & Harris, S (1996). Service learning practice: Developing a theoretical framework. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, Fall, 31-43.
