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Service-Learning As A New Approach To Teaching And Learning In South Africa, Mabel Erasmus

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

Until the early 1990s South Africa was largely isolated from the rest of the world. The end of the Apartheid era, marked by the first democratic elections in 1994, was followed by the adoption of a new South African Constitution (1996) hailed as one of the most advanced human rights manifests in the world. South Africa could reconnect with the rest of the world. The new dispensation required transformation from almost every sector of society. In higher education transformation meant broadening democratic participation, responsiveness to societal challenges and partnership-building. “Community engagement”, integrated with research and teaching–learning, became a primary vehicle …

Liberal Education With Chinese Characteristics : Service Learning Concept And Practice, Huanwen Cheng

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This presentation introduced the service learning in liberal education program of Sun Yat-sen University (中山大學博雅教育計劃).

1. Service Learning Program in Guangzhou community
2. Service Learning Program at Guangzhou Library
3. Service Learning Program at Wenchuan and Beichuan Library

Empowerment Through Arts, Hsiao Mei Ku

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The power of art is undeniable. Art can heal the human spirit; art can shed light on a willing mind; and it can help individuals express the inexpressible, discover the unknown, and create inspiration and hope. The question framed in this paper is: How can the seeds for artistic growth be sown, and what value can it have for society at large? Chinese culture extols the virtue of diligence, and students are praised for high academic performance. However, many promising Chinese students lose interest in applying creativity at school when test scores become the only measurement for their success. As …

The Use Of A Learning Management System To Enhance Collaboration Among Service Learning Participants, Elanie Myburgh

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Service learning participants normally communicate with one another via regular communication methods like landline telephones, cell-phones (including sms) and e-mail. Students, lecturers and community members involved in service learning often comment that there is not enough direct collaboration and communication among all of them as service learning participants. Strand et al. (2003:56) mentioned that web-based software such as Blackboard (a learning management system) provides a useful platform for sharing information regarding the module, including written materials and meeting schedules. Bringle, Clayton and Price (2009:8) propose that, for purposes of effective relationship-building, service learning practitioners must be prepared to articulate a …

The Hakka’S Practice : Philanthropy Ethics And Cultural Conservation In Rural China, Shuo Wang, Huan Xiong

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Our service-learning study rooted in the rural Hakka communities in Guangdong during the summer vacation in 2012 and the winter vacation in 2013. The study had two branches. On one hand, by visiting Weilong houses (Hakka’s traditional earthen building), we endeavored to record the status quo of those old houses as the material cultural heritage, and to look for the methods to protect them. On the other hand, we tried to record and summarize the Hakka’s philanthropic practice, and to discover the tradition that has affected their way of thinking and acting in philanthropy. Meanwhile, we made a survey of …

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

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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 …

Exploring Indigenous Elements Of Service-Learning In A Hong Kong University, Hok Ka, Carol Ma, Dwight Giles

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Given the expanding development of service-learning in Asia, especially in Hong Kong, there is a need for research to understand how this US pedagogy is being adapted and adapted in Asian settings. The qualitative study explored the indigenous elements of service-learning pedagogy in Lingnan University in Hong Kong whose Office of Service-Learning (OSL) is the largest and most widely recognized service-learning program in Asia. The research questions were: How do Chinese Students, Coordinators and Faculty doing service learning view it? Are there any Chinese values embedded in the service-learning programs in Hong Kong? Data gathering was through 15 semi structured …

Teaching And Learning Global Citizenship Through Service-Learning : The Success Story Of Cross-Border Service-Learning Summer Institute, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, Pui Yee, Chloe Siu, Hau Hing, Elaine Tang, Chun On, Anson Lai

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Global Citizenship education is an important concept in the curricular reforms worldwide and Lingnan University’s internationalization strategy. Since 2012, this concept has been integrated in the teaching and learning in different Service-Learning courses and programs, including the Cross-Border Service-Learning Summer Institute (SLSI), which is a 7-week summer course (bearing 3 credits) that has been offered since 2010. It is one of the first international Service-Learning programs in Asia that enables students from different cultural backgrounds to engage in learning of and discussion on global issues and their regional implications, as well as putting into practice what they have learned, through …

Opportunities & Challenges Of International Service Project, Joseph Lam, Wing Ying, Winnie Lee, Renee Leung, Paulus Bawole

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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is committed to nurturing students to become responsible global citizens with a strong sense of social responsibility and a good global outlook. Students from PolyU participated in an International Service Learning Programme- Yogyakarta Kampung Field School (YKFS) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia in the summer of 2012. The programme was jointly organized by Duta Wacana Christian University (DWCU) in Indonesia, Australian National University (ANU) in Australia and PolyU. This overseas service learning programme was a new programme for PolyU students and staff that reaching the southern hemisphere and also a new attempt that collaborating with two …

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

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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 …

Service Learning And School Community Partnership, Sau Ting, Cynthia Wu, Yim Wah Mak, Man Kin Wong, Pak Ho Chan, Wing Ying, Winnie Lee, King Yu, Aron Kwok, Shuk Man, Sylvia Ting

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Background

Service learning offered university students the opportunity to apply knowledge and skills in social care context while strengthening community health. This paper aimed at highlighting the essential features of the program in achieving sustainable outcomes.

Project design and methods

Students from different faculty, worked as a team to address the health issues of a less resourceful school. The students were required to plan and develop the related resources and products for matching the learning needs. Through the implementation, students shifted from following an instructive guide to acting on a more self-directed learning process at different stages of service. The …

The Manufacturing Of Global Citizenry, Chiemela Okwandu

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

What should society expect from the provision of university education? The universal goal of higher education is fostering curiosity about all phenomena- technological and natural- and most importantly, producing socially responsible members of society. According to this general consensus, one must explore the attributes of a socially responsible individual in a global context, commonly referred to as global citizenry. Such a concept seems quite farfetched in a world where technological advancements and global interconnectedness reaches their epitome, yet an overemphasis on national sovereignty proceeds. Simultaneous occurrences make it seem almost impossible for global citizenry of the highest caliber to be …

Engaging Empowered Fisher-Folk And Local Communities : Engineering, Science And Humanities Students In A Lake Aquaculture Service-Learning Environment, Nathaniel Libatique, Gregory Tangonan

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We report an ongoing multi-year engagement by a multidisciplinary team of engineering, science and humanities students, at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, in a lake aquaculture environment with a local fisherfolk community. The genesis of the partnership, the effectiveness of the technology intervention and its influence on the community’s ability to plan and manage the lake resource, as well as an assessment (based on interviews) of the impact of the service learning opportunity on the involved students will be discussed. The geographical focus of the case study is the 1 km diameter Lake Palakpakin in the famous 7 Lakes …

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

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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 …

Journeys Of Social Conscience : Humanities I In Action At Hong Kong International School, Marty Schmidt, Mike Kersten

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In this presentation high school teachers Marty Schmidt and Mike Kersten present a service learning course that they teach at Hong Kong International School called "Humanities I in Action" that offers students a transformative journey of social conscience. A wide-ranging, interdisciplinary curriculum has been developed in the past ten years that enables students to consider their place in the world. An essential part of the curriculum are ten out-of-the-classroom experiences, including a 4-day trip to an orphanage in China. The depth gained in this course is also due in part to the amount of time, 80 minutes/day for 180 days, …

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

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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 …

Integrating Experiential Learning Into Formal Curriculum : The Hku Experience, Mary Ho, Albert Ko

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In September 2009, the Hong Kong SAR Government implemented the ‘New Academic Structure for Senior Secondary Education and Higher Education’. Under the new academic structure, local universities now offer 4-year undergraduate programmes instead of 3-year. In preparing for the 4-year undergraduate programmes, universities establish experiential learning as an important component for all undergraduate degrees. At The University of Hong Kong (HKU), the synergy between experiential learning and formal curriculum has been introduced long before government’s policy. The overview of HKU’s experience in experiential learning will be introduced with case studies of innovative design and course structure to illustrate students’ experiences …

The Project Of Developing Knowledge-Sharing Based On The Study Group Via The Internet Platform In Fu Jen Catholic University, Rong Ji Pan

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The Project of Developing Knowledge-sharing Based Study Group via the Internet Platform (SGIP) started by “FJU service-learning promotion committee” in 2006.This project tried to connect under graduated and pupils through study group in the internet platform. Schools located in remote area or schools composed of many disadvantaged pupils (ex. Immigrant, aborigine, raised by grandparents) are our first priority to serve. Teachers in primary school selected picture books and make some topics for discussion in the platform. Undergraduates who take courses with service-learning project are required to interact via the platform with pupils. During the semester, undergraduate students are requested to …

A Theorization Of The Global Citizen In The Pedagogy Of Service Learning, Kelsey Halbert

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The construct of ‘self’ and ‘other’ is central to transformative service learning experiences, especially those that are conducted in an international or a culturally ‘different’ context. Internationalization of the curriculum and calls for global citizenship education and experiential learning within higher education have led to increases in service learning placements locally and internationally. However, to date, International Service Learning (ISL) is deeply under-theorized (Bamber & Pike, 2012). This paper draws on a review of service learning literature to discuss the frameworks and taxonomies that construct students as global citizens. A specific focus of analysis and discussion is the ways in …

Using Car (Concept, Action, Reflection) In The Disciplines To Connect The Local And Global, Kelsey Halbert, Wendy Li, Theresa Petray

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

Service learning responds to calls for higher education to engage with community and to develop more active-learning strategies in undergraduate education. This Panel Presentation highlights the use of service learning within the disciplines of sociology, psychology and education at an Australian university. The CAR (Concept, Action, Reflection) model employed includes conceptual development within the discipline, an opportunity for action that is situated in the local and global community and critical reflection. CAR builds on existing service learning pedagogical frames and presents interdisciplinary perspectives. This panel aims to stimulate discussion about modes of community-based learning in higher education curriculum. The first …

Colours Of Dementia, Suk Mun, Sophia Law

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

Dementia is one of the commonest concerns of ageing. In Hong Kong, the population of those over 60 with dementia is expected to increase by 222% from 103,433 in 2009 to 332,688 in 2039 (Yu et al., 2012). To cope with the growing burden of ageing and dementia, measures that prepare society to accept and care for the elderly are necessary. College students are the future leaders of society. Their connection to the elderly is crucial in encouraging positive social changes in an ageing population. This paper proposes a service-learning programme of using arts to facilitate expression among people with …

Glocal Social Innovation Service‐Learning Program, Francesca Sin

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With the real estate boom stoking millions of fortunes, Hong Kong is constantly nurturing the rich to become richer. While this seems to be good news to the soon-to-be leading global financial centre, we cannot ignore the fact that the poverty-stricken family is not sharing its fruits. This phenomenon is contributing to an even wider gap between the rich and the poor, resulting in growing social concerns in this ostensibly glamorous city. In view of alleviating the plight of Hong Kong’s poverty from bottom-up, as an educator, I am determined to instill compassion and mindfulness among many other positive qualities …

The Impact Of Co-Production Theories On Students’ Critical Service Learning Development In Hong Kong, Paul Higgins

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

Background A review of the contributions to the 3rd Asia Pacific regional conference on service learning (2011) reveals the presentation of a large number of international student projects targeted at “communities of need” and “community services” in order to bring public purposes and private benefits together. However, widely-reported concerns about, amongst others, access to and response from target communities, time constrains, relevance of applied knowledge to community interests and sustainability of student interventions continue to qualify the assumed gains of service learning. This presentation builds on these observations by charting the activities of a slightly more basic, localised, but permanent, …

Community Outreach Program : A Model Of International Service-Learning Program, Lilianny Sigit Arifin, Herry Christian Palit

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Designed as community service program Petra Christian University (Universitas Kristen Petra – UK Petra) and some international partners, Community Outreach Program (COP) was firstly established in 1995. It is an inter-discipline educational activity with an aim to give a learning experience by living in a community, to give response to the actual social life and to help developing the community. As part of the curriculum, COP is an effective means to raise students’ awareness regarding with community development. They are expected not only giving contribution to the community, but also gaining a better multicultural understanding among the participants themselves. For …

Biciline X University Nike Icon, Hoi Ki Wong

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Background A sustainable city can be built by the collaboration of social enterprises and businesses. In this proposal, TWGHs BiciLine Cycling Ecotourism Social Enterprise and University Nike Icon (UNI) are chosen to be matched. BiciLine in Yuen Long is established by Tung Wah Group of Hospitals. In order to promote cycling eco-tourism in West New Territories, BiciLine provides bicycles and trains tour guides, who are the low income, low education and skill level marginalized youth. On the other hand, UNI is an apprenticeship program organized by Nike yearly. The participants, who are the undergraduates and keen on sports, would join …

Social Inclusion For The Deaf People Social Enterprise Through Students Social Business Plan & Execution Competition Of Innovation Service-Learning : A Case Study Of Deaf People Bakery & University Courses Group In Business School, Providence University, Taiwan, Chuan Cheng Chen

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The service-learning students from three teachers courses group in business school try to provide solution to raise up the efficiency and at the same time ease the heavy management burden of the deaf people bakery. There are six subjects in this “social business plan & execution competition”, as an innovation kind of service-learning, for this deaf people bakery firm. And the outputs of social inclusion in this innovative Service-Learning courses group program, for the Deaf people social enterprise, are: 1) Social inclusion from the student’s perspective: Most of the students have high identification with the deaf people and their perseverance …

The Why Not The What : Critical Reflection In An Atypical Service-Learning Course, Billy O’Steen, Lane Perry

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Service-learning in higher education is fundamentally about facilitating connections among service, learning, teaching, and reflection to create a powerful and engaging pedagogy. Inherent in that is also connecting students, faculty, staff, and the community for mutual benefit. In 2010 and 2011, a series of earthquakes destroyed the city of Christchurch, New Zealand and a resulting example of mutually beneficial community service at the University of Canterbury (UC) emerged. Over 9,000 UC students organized themselves as the Student Volunteer Army (SVA) to provide immediate post-quake relief and this served as a catalyst for the creation of a service-learning course, CHCH101: Rebuilding …

Assessing Impact On Community Partner In A 15-Year International Service Learning Program, Service Learning’S Role In Local Community Development In Pokhara, Nepal, Diane Musselwhite

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This paper is based on research carried out in August 2012 in Pokhara City, Nepal regarding the impact on the community of a 15-year international service-learning (ISL) program. The program entails a yearly collaboration between Poole Gakuin University, Osaka, Japan and two secondary schools on the outskirts of Pokhara. For three weeks in August and September every year since 1997 twenty to thirty university students from Osaka have travelled to Pokhara with two faculty members. The students are divided into two groups, those who will teach elementary Japanese language and culture and those who will coach baseball. It was through …

Improving The Living Standard Of Community In Code Riverside Through Environmental Natural Resources Utilization, Listia Natadjaja, P. Benny Setyawan

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Code River or Kali Code is one of the great rivers that divide the city of Yogyakarta. We found that the community in the Code riverside needs something that can improve their welfare significantly. We try to figure out something that combines some potential resources like fish conservation, waste-free area of Kali Code, unique architecture, and English speaking people. We come up with the suggestion of a Service-Learning (S-L) program to create a fishing river. The aim of this S-L program is to have a multidisciplinary and multicultural approach to improve the Kali Code community’s welfare through environmental natural resources …

Development And Implementation Of A Service-Learning Telephone Safety And Reassurance Program To Build An Eldercare Workforce, Lisa Brown

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It is well recognized that there is a significant shortage in the global workforce trained to care for the elderly. The World Health Organization estimates that this shortage will continue to dramatically increase as the number of people aged 65 or older doubles from 11% to 22% by the year 2050. To meet the growing needs of an aging population, a wide range of professionals with health and social service expertise are required to help older people live independently and with dignity. Research on service-learning in gerontology indicates that this type of coursework plays a vital role in exposing students …