1.1 Concept of CSL

• Meaning of Community Service Learning
• Principles of Community Service Learning
• Rationale of CSL in the learning process
• Difference between CSL, volunteering and community service

• explain the meaning of Community Service Learning
• describe the principles of Community Service Learning
• justify the rationale of CSL in the learning process
• appreciate the value of serving the community while learning

“How does serving the community help you learn?”

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1. What CSL actually is
   40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
   The difference between doing a good deed and learning through service.
2. Why CSL is part of your learning
   40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
   What service teaches that a classroom cannot, and how reflection makes it stick.
3. Applying the CSL principles
   40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
   The seven principles used as a check on a real Kenyan project, not as a list to recite.
4. Partnership, not charity
   40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
   Working with a community rather than doing things for it, and why dignity is not optional.
5. Planning both halves
   40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
   How to name the learning before you start, so service and learning depend on each other.
6. What remains after you leave
   40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
   Sustainability as a named owner, and why serving while you learn is part of being a citizen.