服务学习兴起于20世纪80年代的美国,从公民教育效果来看,服务学习是一种比较好的公民教育方式。许多成功的实践也表明:服务学习在培养参与型公民方面发挥着重要作用。本文论述了美国中小学服务学习计划的支持体系、实施过程,最后归纳了四个值得思考和借鉴的问题:为公民教育提供制度保障、将公民教育内容与学生真实生活相结合、学校与社区紧密联系以及加强教师教育。 Service learning emerged in the United States in the 1980s. From the perspective of civic education, service learning is a good civic education method. Many successful practices also show that service learning plays an important role in fostering participatory citizenship. This article discusses the support system and implementation process of the service learning plan for primary and secondary schools in the United States. Finally, it summarizes four issues worthy of reflection and reference: to provide institutional guarantee for civic education, to combine civic education with the students’ real life, and to schools and communities Contact and strengthen teacher education.