Pairing an ethics curriculum with integrated community service learning¶

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Evidence · no claims cited

Description¶

The article describes implementing Building Decision Skills inside an elective community service course in which "the service-learning activities that were integrated into the curriculum involved working off campus two days a week and working on campus two days a week." Students apply ethical decision-making concepts from the 10 lessons while performing service projects, connecting classroom ethical analysis to authentic community settings. The WWC review found this combined implementation had potentially positive effects on knowledge, attitudes, and values.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• An elective course structure that can host both curriculum lessons (taught during the first two weeks of the semester) and recurring on-campus and off-campus service placements

Constraints¶

• The reviewed evidence concerns the curriculum as implemented in classrooms rather than as a schoolwide intervention

Target Learners¶

• high school students
• twelfth-grade students

Target Learning Goals¶

• ethical awareness
• ethical responsibility
• social responsibility

Related Strategies¶

• Professional development and schoolwide seminars supporting the ethics curriculum
• Define and Apply Ethical Responsibility
• Service Learning

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Building Decision Skills. (2006). WWC Intervention Report, What Works Clearinghouse. https://www.globalethics.org/services/edu/bds.htm