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Service Learning In Rural China, Diane Geng

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

This paper discusses opportunities for and suitability of Service Learning as a teaching methodology in formal and non-formal settings in rural mainland China. It describes how Service Learning aligns with and fulfills goals of China’s national curriculum reforms and fosters values and skills useful to rural Chinese children and youth in improving their own lives and communities. Examples of Service Learning projects in rural Shanxi and Guangdong Provinces supported by the Rural China Education Foundation (RCEF) illustrate the potential of Service Learning as a powerful framework for curriculum development and teaching. The Rural China Education Foundation, founded in 2005, works …

Uses Of Arts In Community : Service-Learning And Civic Engagement, Suk Mun, Sophia Law

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

As defined by Bringle & Clayton (2012), service learning is a credit-bearing educational experience in which students “gain a better understanding of their subject knowledge, an enrichment of personal values, and a greater sense of civic responsibility through a series of well structured service activities that benefit the community” (pp. 114-115). A good service-learning scheme allows students to apply, actualize, evaluate, and reflect on their knowledge’s relevance to life. Many of the reflections evolved through the process of actual realization of knowledge are inspiring and can never be attained in classroom. “Art and Well Being”, an elective course offered by …

Student Community Service As A Tool For Civic Education, Triyanto S. Pujowinarto

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

Student Community Services (SCS) is one of the compulsory subjects for university students in Indonesia. SCS is one form of student dedication to the community. Student seeks to facilitate and motivate communities to implement development in accordance with the knowledge and skill they acquired in the school. The aim of this research is to describe the role of SCS as a tool of civic education. This research is a qualitative study. The data were collected by literature reviews, observations, and in-depth interviews. The analysis of data used an interactive model of Miles and Huberman (1984). SCS aims to: (1) train …

Community Empowerment Through Integration Of Service, Learning, And Research : City-Youth Empowerment Project, Suk Ching, Elaine Liu, Constance Ching

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

City-Youth Empowerment Project (CYEP) was established in 2005 as a non-credit bearing service-learning project open to all students at the City University of Hong Kong, with a mission to mobilize students to serve the underprivileged, to enhance civic and global social commitment, and to integrate community practice-oriented knowledge to the academic field. With over 30 community organization partnerships, CYEP provides ongoing services for underprivileged children and youth affected by poverty, new arrivals status, minor crime, and disabilities; as well as hidden elderly, mental health consumers, while actively involved in environmental protection and disability rights. As part of the transformative pedagogical …

Prevalence Of Nasal Carriage Of Community : Acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (Ca-Mrsa) Among Geriatric Residents In A Suburban Community In Antipolo Rizal, Philippines, Napoleon Pagsinohin

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

Community acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infection, a flesh-eating superbug, is an emerging threat to every part of the world. It can cause pneumonia, skin infections, and sepsis. CA-MRSA is potentially fatal. Its incidence in the Philippines is not yet known. In this university, undergraduate students of B.S. Medical Technology curriculum at third year level are being taught of the significance and possible adverse effects of bacteria in the community. As part of their Bacteriology class, a study was conducted to determine the prevalence of CA-MRSA carriage among elderly adults in a suburban community in Antipolo, Rizal. Sixty elderly …

Service Learning For Students With Disabilities : Enhancing Outcomes At The Intersection Of Special Education, Transitions, And Inclusion, Laura E. Vanderberg, Felicia L. Wilczenski

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

Presently, many children and adolescents have the opportunity to engage in service-learning, however, students with disabilities rarely have access to these opportunities. This paper focuses on using service-learning with students with disabilities to enhance outcomes at the intersection of special education, transitions, and inclusion. Special Education, as mandated through federal legislation in the U.S., provides customized education for students with diagnosed disabilities. Special Education services must be delivered in the “least restrictive environment”, fostering inclusion of students with disabilities with typically-developing peers. Special Education must target transitions, the process of facilitating post-school adjustment of students, particularly students with disabilities, to …

Engaging In Cross-Cultural Services : A Journey To Global Citizenship, Lai Han, Cinnie Ng

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

There are two parts in this paper. The first part is to identify and discuss three pairs of concepts: “National Citizenship and Global Citizenship”, “Legal Citizenship and Moral Citizenship”, and “Moral Citizenship and International / Cross Cultural Service-Learning”. Citizenship involves the concept of rights and responsibilities of a person in a country usually having a legitimate government. However, such “legal contract” between the government and the citizens does not exist in the global perspective. Global citizenship education is more appealing to the people’s inner goodwill with moral values and ethical system for the pursuit of a just and harmonious world …

Start With The Discovery : Improving The Process Of Community Engagement Through Appreciative Inquiry, Siddhartha Pailla, Cassandra Pruitt

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

As service-learning programs are becoming more popular with universities around the world, it is important to ensure that the programs’ participants maintain an ethical relationship with their community partners. Primary amongst the student groups’ ethical duties is to not impose unexpressed needs upon community partners. This paper presents an experience of a service-learning project in a larger service-learning program under the Water and Health in Limpopo (WHIL) research collaborative between the University of Venda (UNIVEN) and University of Virginia (UVA). The project takes place in the village of Tshapasha, South Africa, where an interdisciplinary team of service-learners composed of students …

Responding To Communities’ Information Needs : Community-Based Research As Service-Learning, Timothy K. Stanton, Viria Vichit-Vadakan

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

Most practitioners conceive of service-learning as combining student involvement in service-oriented tasks with and for communities with structured educational activities designed to develop their knowledge, character, and/or social skills and capacities. Whatever the goals for students these tasks tend to be of a direct service kind – e.g., tutoring, teaching classes, assisting the elderly, environmental clean-up, etc. Occasionally these tasks will also include administrative or public policy-related work. Rarely, however, does service-learning venture into the realm of research. This interactive workshop will explore the goals, background, characteristics, and current practices of research as a form of service-learning, including its benefits …

Civic Virtue Construction In Social Transformation : The Practice Of Service Learning In Sysu, Jiangang Zhu, Quan Hong

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

The imbalance state between development of market economy system and series of negative social events reflected a lack of civic mindedness today. Civic morality construction should play a significant role in this social transformation period. Specifically, civic education should develop students in three dimensions, right-responsibility awareness, tolerance, and spirit of volunteer. As an essential part of civic education, service-learning is to combine academic knowledge with social service, furthermore to achieve these objectives. Although, service-learning is adopted widely and developed a series of mature theories in the West, especially in America, the spread of service-learning in China is still in its …

Examining The Research Evidence For The Academic Value Of Service-Learning, Andrew Furco

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

Across the globe, service-learning is increasingly being promoted as a pedagogy for advancing student learning and educational success. Proponents of service-learning suggest that engaging students in community service experiences that are tied to the academic curriculum can enhance students’ educational experience and promote better learning. Yet, despite this growing enthusiasm for service-learning, much skepticism persists regarding the academic value of service-learning and the extent to which educational institutions should integrate this practice as part of students' formal academic curriculum.

This keynote presentation examines the current state of research on service-learning and assesses what the evidence tells us about the overall …