Community Service

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In cooperation with national non-governmental organizations, throughout this course student teachers participate in community service to meet certain educational and social needs of local communities in order to develop their critical thinking abilities, their commitment and values, and the skills they need for effective citizenship. Driven by a philosophy of experiential learning, student teachers may take a service or a project option. For the former option, student teachers are to commit to a minimum 15 hours of community service during the term at the following approved non-profit community based agencies: TEGV: Türk Eğitim Gönüllüleri Vakfı (http://www.tegv.org/v2/default.asp) ÇYDD: Çağdaş Yaşamı Destekleme Derneği (http://www.cydd.org.tr/ ) TGV: Toplum Gönüllüleri Vakfı (http://www.tog.org.tr/ ) TEV: Türk Eğitim Vakfı (http://www.tev.org.tr/) AÇEV: Anne Çocuk Eğitim Vakfı (http://www.acev.org/) İLKYAR: İlköğretim Okullarına Yardım Vakfı (http://www.ilkyar.org.tr/) ZİÇEV: Zihinsel Yetersiz Çocukları Yetiştirme ve Koruma Vakfı (http://www.zicev.org.tr/) ÇEKÜL: Çevre ve Kültür Değerlerini Koruma ve Tanıtma Vakfı (http://www.cekulvakfi.org.tr/) TEMA: Türkiye Erozyonla Mücadele Ağaçlandırma ve Doğal Varlıkları Koruma Vakfı (http://www.tema.org.tr/ ) KIZILAY (http://www.kizilay.org.tr/) AKUT: Arama Kurtarma Derneği (http://www.akut.org.tr/) LÖSEV: Lösemili Çocuklar Vakfı (http://www.losev.org.tr/) For the latter option, with the guidance of a mentor, student teachers are expected to develop and implement small-scale educational problem-based projects in cooperation with primary and secondary level educational institutions in their local surroundings.