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Community Service-Learning Facilitators' Perceptions Of Student Volunteers, Wen Hsia Yeh

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

In 2014, Youth Development Administration (YDA), Ministry of Education in Taiwan launched a half-day program called "inspection and connection of schools and community organizations workshop" which was taken place for 10 times over Taiwan (i.e., 3 times in northern, central and southern Taiwan, once in eastern Taiwan). The participants included local school teachers (from elementary schools to colleges), school administrators and NPO staff. They are regarded as facilitators who can shape their holistic efforts through collaborative partnerships. These partnerships give service learning programs a structure to mobilize people and resources to create changes and to develop learning opportunities for students. …