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Roteiros para a aprendizagem:As many articles and at least two books explain, service-learning has been a popular educational philosophy for a very long ti me.' Most trace its roots to the writings of John Dewey and Jean Piaget, and some even go back as far as Alexis de Tocqueville.These philosophers believed that learning occurs best when students are actively involved in their own learning and when the learning has a distinct purpose.Service-learning, though, is variously defined, and discussion of its definition isoften the source of disagreement among proponents. The National Society for ExperientialEducation, for example, defines service-learning as "any carefully monitoredservice experience in which a student has intentional learning goals and reflects actively on what he or she is learning throughout the experience."' The Corporation for National Service has a narrower definition.The term "service-learning" means a method under which students or participantslearn and develop through active participation in thoughtfully organized service that:• is conducted in and meets the needs of a community;• is coordinated with an elementary school, secondary school, institution of higher education, or community-service program and with the community;• helps foster civic responsibility;• is integrated into and enhances the (core) academic curriculum of the students, or the educational components of the community-service program in which the participants are enrolled; and• provides structured time for the students or participants to reflect on the service experience.'Texto integral