Do you mean, How to improve learning in our educational system?

Regards, Emad

Hameda, I can perhaps help.

The core of Service Learning is engaging with your surrounding communities - preferably within easy transportation or walking distance to your students' school or home - to find out from these communities what they see as their biggest needs. The school then becomes truly part of the community and is seen a resource to be protected. The important thing to teach students is that they do not decide by themselves what is needed in the community, but rather they, in collaboration with the people affected, identify the problem and together work on deciding how the students can help with the solution based on their current skill set and knowledge. The curriculum should follow the experience rather than try to fit the experience into a well defined curriculum. It is an opportunity for expansion and growth for the learning organization.

The other important component of service learning is Reflection. This is the cognitive activity that must take place in order to synthesize the experience with the curriculum. It is what makes service learning an exercise in experiential learning. Reflection can be done as both an individual and a group activity. Both are valuable.

Hope this gets you started.

thanks Emad. Marva for your valuable answer. the point is how to draw the policy makers and educators attention to the importance of service learning?

Ah, Yes. After I sent the answer I searched the page for more info and realized that you already were past the implementation phase and were possibly looking for more organizational approaches.

I would offer this. There MUST be an advocate for your project in the person of your Dean or University President. The person in that leadership position that is responsible for educational outcomes. If (s)he sees your vision and the possibility for successful educational outcomes that person will tend to shape policy in that direction. In addition, some of your trustees or governing board can be effective ambassadors or the idea. And don't forget alumni who give generously to the university. So, Hameda, you have to get yourself invited to those social events where you can do some of the educating of these important stakeholders that will be necessary to promote the change you seek.

many thanks Marva for the useful suggestion. I will try and see how it goes.

Introduce project-based learning in collaboration with local companies and governmental organisations. Normally, it shouldn't contradict any regulations your curricula a supposed to be subject for.