Service-Learning and Civil and Environmental Engineering: A Department Shows How It Can Be Done

There have been many definitions of service-learning. Morton and Troppe (1996) define it as

a form of experiential education, deeply rooted in cognitive and developmental psychology, pragmatic philosophy, and democratic theory. Informed by a range of intellectual traditions combining organizational development and participative research, service-learning is based on the principle that learning is founded on experience. Community service provides the experiential basis .