Service Learning Commons^™

The Power Of Student And Community Engagement In Service-Learning Activity For Neighborhood Planning And Design Along The Riverbanks, Paulus Bawole

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

Neighborhood plans allow local people to get the right type of development for their community, but the plans must still meet the needs of the wider area. The inhabitants living in low-income neighbourhood along the riverbank show their great energy and intelligence in the use of resources and evaluating priorities. They can weigh the relative merits of different strategies like short term discomfort and security, in return for long-term benefits such as independent space and income generating possibilities.

Service-Learning program is a development strategy which involves students, lecturers, and other NGO’s as well as communities. It is also a teaching …

Global Citizenship And Community Engagement Through Global Service-Learning, Sook Young Ryu, Jung Won Jo

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

Service-Learning(S-L) may enable participants to have more concerns for others and try to engage in the community as they find their roles. Global Service-Learning (GS-L) provided university students with the opportunity to experience global problems that were unfamiliar to them now, but will help motivate them to explore possible solutions for future use. Global citizenship is based not on the knowledge from books but on experience and engagement in real world situations. This study explores the experiences and learning of students who conducted GS-L outreach for two weeks in Mongolia. A survey instrument, follow-up discussions and reflective journals were used …