Talking Points #5: Kahne & Westheimer

1.) "With the current interest in and allocation of resources to service learning comes a growing need to clarify the ideological perspectives that underlie service learning programs."

-This stood out to me mostly because it brings up the question of why servicing the community is done. It isn't always being done because it's the right thing to do. It's happening because people are forced to partake.

2.) "These curriculum theorists and education reformers wanted students to engage in service learning projects so that they would recognize that their academic abilities and collective commitments could help them respond in meaningful ways to a variety of social concerns."\

-I agree with the fact that In the second teacher, Ms. Adam's. the kids not only helped others, but also learned and saw meaning in what they did. They weren't just servicing the community to say they'd helped. They studied and made a difference. This compared to Johnson, seemed to be of greater use.

3.) "David Hornbeck, former Maryland state superintendent, referred to as "the joy of reaching out to others.""

- I found this quote to connect personally to me. It voiced the outlook I have on the service learning I do for FNED. It is supposed to be a job, but even more so for me, I find if enjoyable and eye opening. I not only help kids to learn new aspects of reading and writing, but learn new ways to teach so it is most affective.

This reading was one that I found very different from the others. It brought in a new aspect of what we learn in class. It talked less of unprivileged, or oppressed people, and more on how those could be helped. It still though, could connect to Delpit's Culture of Power, in that those who are in the culture of power help, and those who aren't get the services to teach them.