Editing Service-learning (section)

==Benefits==
The benefits of service-learning for the participating student are better-documented than the benefits to the communities in which the service occurs.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Jacoby |first=Barbara |title=Service-learning essentials: questions, answers, and lessons learned |date=2015 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |others=Jeffrey Howard |isbn=978-1-118-94401-1 |series=The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series |location=San Francisco}}</ref> 

===Students' development===

Students have reported developing personal leadership skills,<ref name="UCLA - Service-Learning">{{cite web |author1=Alexander W. Astin |author2=Lori J. Vogelgesang |author3=Elaine K. Ikeda |author4=Jennifer A. Yee |title=How Service Learning Affects Students |url=http://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1145&context=slcehighered |access-date=15 June 2016 |website=Digital Commons}}</ref> skills in working with others, including greater interaction with faculty,<ref name="Eyler 1999" />{{rp|45–52}} and the development of more meaning and purpose in study.<ref name="Eyler 1999" /> Academically, there is evidence of improved understanding of classroom studies, the application of theory, critical thinking and analysis.<ref name=":3" /> Other personal growth outcomes may include self-knowledge, spiritual growth, the reward of helping others, career benefits including careers in service, and changes in personal efficacy<ref name="Eyler 1999" />{{rp|35–39}}

Experience in communities may result in experience of different cultures. In one survey of service-learning students, "57 percent reported that they had frequent chances to work with people from ethnic groups other than their own."<ref name="Eyler 2007">{{Cite book |last1=Eyler |first1=Janet |title=Where's the Learning in Service-Learning? |last2=Giles |first2=Dwight E. |publisher=Jossey-Bass |year=2007 |location=San Francisco |name-list-style=amp}}</ref>{{rp|26}} Advocates of service-learning argue that this can help students learn to appreciate their shared humanity<ref name="Eyler 2007" />{{rp|31}} and more effectively serve a broader array of people.<ref name="Eyler 2007" />{{rp|177–178}}

=== Community development ===
Service-learning contributes to the presence of more volunteers, which enables community organizations to do more<ref name="Sandy 2006">{{cite journal |last1=Sandy |first1=Marie |last2=Holland |first2=Barbara A. |date=Fall 2006 |title=Different Worlds and Common Ground: Community Partner Perspectives on Campus-Community Partnerships |url=http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/mjcsl/3239521.0013.103/--different-worlds-and-common-ground-community-partner?view=image |journal=Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=30–43 |access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>{{rp|35–36}} and to serve more clients.<ref name="Perla">{{cite web |last1=Barrientos |first1=Perla |title=Community Service Learning and its Impact on Community Agencies: An Assessment Study |url=http://www.sfsu.edu/~icce/downloads/pdf/CSL%20Report%20for%20Publishing_3-25-10.pdf |access-date=13 December 2014 |website=www.sfsu.edu |publisher=San Francisco State University}}</ref>{{rp|5}}  Students may supply specific skills they possess to benefit the organization,<ref name="Tryon">{{cite journal |last1=Tryon |first1=Elizabeth |last2=Stoecker |first2=Randy |date=September 2008 |title=The Unheard Voices: Community Organizations and Service-Learning |url=http://openjournals.libs.uga.edu/index.php/jheoe/article/view/99/87 |journal=Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement |volume=12 |issue=3 |access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>{{rp|49}} and can be a source of new ideas, energy, and enthusiasm.<ref name="Vernon 2014">{{cite journal |last1=Vernon |first1=Andrea |last2=Ward |first2=Kelly |date=1999 |title=Campus and Community Partnerships: Assessing Impacts and Strengthening Connections |url=http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/mjcsl/3239521.0006.103/--campus-and-community-partnerships-assessing-impacts?view=image |journal=Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning |volume=6 |issue=1 |access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>{{rp|33}} Through partnering with a college or university, a community organization can gain access to new knowledge and opportunities to connect with other organizations that have partnered with the same school.<ref name="Sandy 2006" />{{rp|36}} 

Service-learning may motivate individuals to become better citizens of their communities by cultivating civic and social responsibility,<ref name="Eyler 1999" />{{rp|12}} and through the development of personal relationships.<ref name="Eyler 2007" />{{rp|56}} A service-learning experience may be the catalyst in the life of a student to dive into the complexities of the social issues they have encountered and to seek to develop innovative solutions.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |title=Reflection in service-learning classes |url=http://www.servicelearning.umn.edu/info/reflection.html |access-date=June 2, 2016 |publisher=Center for Community-Engaged Learning}}</ref>