Pamela Y. Scheffler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor: Geography, Biology, and Environmental Science
Tropical Ecosystem and Agroforestry Management (TEAM)
Chair, Department of Math and Natural Science
Fulbright Liaison
Hawaii Community College
1175 Manono St.
Hilo, HI 96720
Information about Native Hawaiian plants, service-learning and organizations that provide opportunities for service-learning.
Reflection is essential to service learning. Reflection is thinking about service experiences in order to connect service experiences and course content. Learning comes through thinking about what we do. Effective reflection helps integrate service and coursework.
Service to the community is an educational learning experience. Service Learning is a teaching method that gives students the opportunity to apply what their learning in the classroom, to help meet the real needs of the community.
Each project is with a different community partner (non-profit, public, or private) and involves the needs as defined by the community partner. It could be a beach clean-up, getting rid of invasive plants, helping to lay out irrigation pipes, or planting Native Hawaiian plants!