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Discovering New Selves : College Students' Perceptions Of Their Perspective Transformation Through Service-Learning, Chin Ping Liou

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Background: The course of philosophy of life was introduced into the Fu Jen Catholic University undergraduate curriculum three decades ago with an aim to help develop students' critical thinking abilities and transform their perceptions of themselves, others, and the world in which they live. Service-learning has been integrated into the course in the late 1990s by the instructors in favour of the pedagogy of learning-by-doing. Studies suggest that students in the course integrating service-learning have undergone certain degree of transformations in the way they think, behave, and feel. However, few studies have looked into the processes by which these hanges …

Learning From Disasters In An Island Community : Insights Gained By Participants Of The International Service-Learning 2014 In The Philippines, Karla Panganiban, Allen Del Carmen

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In this age of climate change, disasters and calamities have become more frequent and deadlier all over the world. The situation is even graver in Asia, where many countries are more vulnerable to greater risks to lives and property due to their location - the Pacific Ocean where cyclones brew and move westward, with the possibilities of resulting in storm surges and tsunamis, and the Ring of Fire, where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.

As a response to a 2013 disaster (Typhoon Haiyan), which killed about 7,000 persons in the Philippines, the United Board of Christian …

Chinese Language Training For Indonesian Workers = 印尼外勞的中文培訓班, Feifei, Olivia Xiao

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This social activity program is geared to the Indonesian labour who will work in Mandarin Chinese speaking regions, organized by the Chinese department of UK Petra, benefit to both the major study students and the local labour.

Indonesia is one of the conventional labour-export country in Southeast Asia. Huge amount of labour working in the Chinese speaking regions such as Taiwan, Hong Kong etc. Language communication had been the biggest problem for these people. The solution previously was hiring the returned one as the trainer, but they are lack in general grammar and incorrect in most of the pronunciation, which …

Ict Literacy In The Community : A Service-Learning Integration In The Intership Program Of The College Of Computer Studies, Silliman University, Dave E. Marcial, Jonathan Mark N. Te

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Service-learning (S-L) in Silliman University started since 2002. After more than a decade, S-L is integrated at the College of Computer Studies. This paper describes the pilot program of an S-L integration in the College of Computer Studies (CCS), Silliman University. The program was conducted to strengthen the community extension through S-L integration in On-the-Job training and internship classes of CCS. It is specially designed to offer ICT literacy training to community partners where students serves as service -learners. The project also aimed at exploring the use of Web as a tool in writing S-L reflection and in the evaluation. …

Service-Learning Integrated Into The Classes Of Teaching English To Young Learners, Josefa J. Mardijono

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This paper is based on an explorative action research or teacher research, focusing on the integration of service -learning into the classes of Teaching English to Young Learners in the English Department, to find out the effects of service-learning on the participants' learning. The study followed the method of action research comprising four cyclical phases: "Planning, Action, Observation an d Reflection". The Action implemented was the service-learning comprising "Investigation, Planning, Action, Reflection, Demonstration and Evaluation" integrated into the Basic Course Outline. The service-learning was initiated with the Investigation to identify the community need, followed by the Planning to design the …

Mainland And International S-L As An Excellent Model For Developing Global Citizen, Hok Ka, Carol Ma, Pui Yee, Chloe Siu, Yuk Yu, Esther Wong

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In the age of internationalization, global citizenship education has become an important concept, particularly in regards to worldwide curriculum reform. Different institutions around the world have been promoting the concept of global citizenship education by diversifying programs and curricula so as to prepare students with potent skills and knowledge for future challenges. International Service-Learning (ISL) is unique in itself in that it integrates community services and academic learning on a global platform.

In recent years, many scholars have brought attention to ISL in higher education and provided insight on conducting research on this kind of learning experience. These scholars agree …

Inter-Asian And Inter-Chinese : Fju Service Learning At Kolkata, India, Wei Min, Albert Tang

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This paper, based on participatory observation and critical reflection on the students' field trips to Tangra, Kolkatta, India, aims, firstly, to reflect the different formats of cultural exchanges taking place within students’ service learning activities; and secondly, to examine the processes of mutual self-empowerment through the social practices both at home and abroad.

Tangra, located with eastern Kolkatta, India, where thousands of Hakka Chinese once populated, has received, in the past four years, the service-learning delegations from Fu Jen Catholic University. The research will look into how the delegation, while taking care of all necessary logistics, manage to hold activities …

Key Factors In Encouraging And Empowering Undergraduates To Practice Service Leadership Through Extra-Curricular Service-Learning Practicums, Robin Stanley Snell, Yin Lee, Maureen Chan, Hok Ka, Carol Ma, Ka Man, Carman Chan

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While internships bridge students' academic major to the world of work, in this paper, we focus on practicums as vehicles for service leadership development. In the summers of 2013 and 2014, Lingnan University arranged 28 full-time practicums in 13 partner organizations, mainly not-for-profit organizations or social enterprises, for students with prior service-learning experience. Practicums lasted 6 weeks in 2013, and 8 weeks in 2014. Students attended a 3-hour preparatory workshop on service leadership, and an interim review meeting.

Through interviews with 26 practicum students and site supervisors from 13 partner organizations, we identified three factors that enabled practicum students to …

University Students Addressing Ageing Problems : A Case Study Of "Being A Happy Person", Po Chun Tse

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Ageing populations are prevalent in Asia, especially in China, Hong Kong, Japan and Taiwan. In fact, 7 percent of Asia's population today is 65 years or older. In Hong Kong, the population of those aged 65 years and over is predicted to increase from 12% in 2006 to 26% in 2036. In 2006, the life expectancy of men and women was 79.5 years and 85.6 years, respectively. By 2036, it is expected that the life expectancy of men and women would be 82.7 years and 88.3 years, respectively.

With the growth in the ageing population and increase in life expectancy, …

Effects Of The Overseas Service Learning Experience On The College Students' Mental Adjustment, Miao Ju Chwo, Rong Ji Pan, Yu Ling Su, Kun Hu Chen, Miao Ju Tu, Ruei Siang Shen

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The study examined the effects of the service learning experience on undergraduate students’ mental adjustment in Taiwan. A total of 49 undergraduate students of Fu Jen Catholic University filled out questionnaires on the positive/negative experience of service learning, levels of life satisfaction and depressive levels before and after joining overseas service learning. Hierarchical regression analyses were conducted and the results revealed that the positive experience of service learning positively contributed to life satisfaction in pre-test and post-test of joining overseas service learning. Meanwhile, the results revealed the negative experience of service learning positively contributed to depression in pre-test of joining …

College Students' Changes Of Thinking Styles, Personality Traits, And Mental Adjustment After Joining Overseas Service Learning, Miao Ju Tu, Kun Hu Chen, Rong Ji Pan, Miao Ju Chwo, Yu Ling Su, Ruei Siang Shen

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Service learning has become a very popular approach for enhancing whole personal development for students at Taiwan universities. However, there is little attention to the actual changes after joining service learning, especially in overseas service learning. To evaluate the changes of joining overseas service learning, this study compared the scales of thinking styles (including positive, negative thinking styles), personality traits (including hope, resilience, self-esteem), and mental adjustment (life satisfaction, depression) from 49 college students of Fu Jen Catholic University. The results of the study revealed that most of above-mentioned variables had positive and significant changes. In summary, college students joining …

Ethical Concerns In Dissemination As A Principle And Practice In Service-Learning : The University Of St. La Salle Experience, Allen Del Carmen

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Dissemination is an important principle of Service-Learning. Basically, it contributes to a better promotion and appreciation of this academic tool, especially to potential S-L students, faculty and supporters. It is considered an important tool needed to ensure a successful program implementation.

As a process in communication, dissemination requires a better understanding of its principles, processes and practices to ensure effectiveness in the attainment of objectives and goals.

This study, anchored on selected communication theories, looks into the methods of dissemination and practices used or observed from inter-personal to group, mass and social media - by Service-Learning advocates in the University …

The Influence Of Joining Overseas Service Learning On College Students' Service Learning Experience And Whole Person Development, Rong Ji Pan, Kun Hu Chen, Miao Ju Tu, Yu Ling Su, Miao Ju Chwo, Ruei Siang Shen

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Service learning, involving college students in community service, has become a need for enhancing their learning in Taiwan. However, despite the increasing numbers of service-learning has been provided from Taiwan universities to the communities, there is limited research findings of what the influences of service-learning, especially in overseas or international service learning, on college students learning experience and their whole person development. To evaluate college students’ changes of joining overseas service learning, this study compared the scales of the experience of service learning, personal growth, interpersonal growth, intellectual growth, and responsibility of citizenship from 49 college students of Fu Jen …

Implementation Of Academic Study On The Execution Of Service Learning : An Example Of Cosmetics And Healthcare Department, Cardinal Tien Junior College Of Health Care And Management, Ju Hsuan Yeh, Tsai Yun Lo, Hsiao Ling Wu

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The Ministry of Education has developed "Service Learning" aiming to combine the context of "service" and "learning" so that students can be enlightened of care and the learning to acquire knowledge and skills through practical services. The 2011 academic statistics show that over 139 colleges and universities in Taiwan has set up service learning units and 135 of them have incorporated service learning courses into official course credits (Ministry of Education, 2012). The purpose of this study is to investigate the professional curriculum of Cosmetics and Healthcare Department into "Service Learning". The paper takes the example from the Cosmetics and …

Effects Of Whole Personal Development On The College Students' Experience Of Service Learning, Yu Ling Su, Kun Hu Chen, Rong Ji Pan, Miao Ju Tu, Miao Ju Chwo, Ruei Siang Shen

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In this study, researchers conducted a pre-test and a post-test to examine the directed effects of whole personal development on college students service learning experiences in Taiwanese. A total of 49 college students of Fu Jen Catholic University fil led out questionnaires on the positive/negative experience of service learning and whole personal development (including personal growth, interpersonal growth, intellectual growth, and responsibility of citizenship) before and after joining overseas service learning. Hierarchical regression was conducted and the results indicated that responsibility of citizenship positively corresponded to the positive experience of service learning in pre-test and post-test of joining overseas service …

A Pilot Study Of Common Outcome Measurement Of Service-Learning In Hong Kong, Cheung Ming, Alfred Chan, Hok Ka, Carol Ma, Wing Fung, Chad Chan

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Since the Office of Service-Learning (OSL) at Lingnan University was established in 2006 as the first independent office dedicated to promoting service-learning (S-L) in Lingnan and among the higher education institutes in Hong Kong. OSL undertakes an important role to develop of service-learning in Hong Kong higher education. The Higher Education Service-Learning Network (HESLN) in Hong Kong was first established in 2007 to provide a platform to discuss the local development and opportunities of S -L. Its members include Lingnan University, Hong Kong University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, the University of Science and Technology, City Univers ity of …

The Improvement Of Service Quality Of Depot In Surabaya, Monika Kristanti

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In Indonesia, there are lots of restaurants start from small restaurant to a very big restaurant. One of the restaurants is "depot". "Depot" is a small and simple restaurant with simple furniture, service, and menu and it has no decoration, menu book. Gene rally, "depot" is managed unprofessionally by the owner. The owner does not pay attention to the service, comfort, cleanliness and tidiness of the "depot". On the other hand, the customers now have become more demanded for comfort, nice atmosphere, interesting menu book and good service even for a "depot". In the subject of Introduction to Service, the …

Community Engagement Through Cross-Cultural Service-Learning Program, Baoqi, Bobo Cui

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In response to the increase and importance of globalization, the Office of Service-Learning (OSL) at Lingnan University (LU) in Hong Kong established the Cross Border Service-Learning Summer Institute (SLSI). The SLSI is part of the Mainland and International Service-Learning Program (MISLP), in which students participate in a 7.5-week and 3 credit-bearing course during the summer months. In 2014, twenty-two students from different countries joined together to study active ageing and social enterprise through guest lectures, research studies, discussions, agency visits and Service-Learning practicums in both Hong Kong and Yunnan, Mainland China.

This paper will focus on Service-Learning and its role …

How Narrative Practice Informs Service Learning With Love And Justice, Ka Kit, Timothy Chen

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Narrative practice, emerged from Narrative Therapy in 90s, has been known in the field of Social Work, Psychological Counseling and community work for more than ten years. With the tradition of thought of Social Construction, it is going to explore how socio-cultural milieu shapes individual to understand of self and others and to learn, as well as develop new style of learning out of mainstream discourse. Narrative Practice embraces different kinds of conversation as 'externalizing conversation' (to facilitate individual to discover pathological discourse of learning) and 'remembering conversation' (to liaise individual with communities to re-identify herself/ himself to learn and …

Committed Universities : The Bologna Process And Service Learning In Germany And Europe : Some Observations Of A New Phenomenon, Peter A. Zervakis

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Over the past few years, several new key terms have enriched the educational debate. Whilst previously conducting research in the interests of technical and economic progress as well as educating the future elite were among the noblest responsibilities of universities, today further aims are coming into focus that are of increasing significance. Universities are now expected to make a growing contribution to social integration and to prepare young people for conditions of life and work that are becoming ever more complex, international, and nuanced. A glance at German statistics reveals the extent of the changes that this entails: Within a …

The United Board's Involvement In Service-Learning, Hope S. Antone

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Service Learning : Common Roots And Ties In Asia And America, Rob Shumer

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The Study Of Regular And Service-Learning Programs In The Packaging Design Class, Listia Natadjaja, Elisabeth Christine Yuwono

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Since year 2000, we have implemented regular and Service-Learning programs in our packaging design class in Visual Communication Design Department. This paper examines the comparison of the study of packaging design between regular and Service-Learning classes in order to share the benefits and obstacles of both methods. We use qualitative method to examine the data that we collect from the students' reflections and through deep interviews with them. The research outcome gives important descriptions that in the regular class, students could explore their creativity, but their design tend to be expensive and sometimes difficult to be implemented. In the class …

Developing Interreligious Understanding And Peacebuilding Among Local And International Students Through Community Outreach Program In The Moslem Community, Linda Bustan, Titi Nur Vidyarini, Resmana Lim, Priskila Adiasih

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Differences between religion and ethnicities can be problematic without any effort to understand. Without understanding about the issues, conflict and violence could emerge. Thus, an activity which introduce those different groups to each other is needed, in order for them to have mutual understanding and able to live together in peace. One of the way to provide peace education is through cross cutting affiliation in the society, such as through Community Outreach Program (COP) provided by Petra Christian University.

COP 2013 is a service learning program for international students in a Moslem populated Petungroto Village in Kediri, East Java Province. …

Educational & Agricultural Literacy Program In The Rural Community Through Service-Learning, Laura A. Tantoy, Pemenorejoan M. Calumpang

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Pilgrim Christian College is in an urban area where many communities can be easily reached by different humanitarian organizations. Thus, from the planning process, it included orientation of students about service-learning while still in the classroom and identification of the community in need. As a rural community, Sitio Midkiwan was chosen. It has a day care center which was not well attended to. Parents do not have regular jobs and income. However, plants are pristine. Assistance and encouragement on certain technology are needed to build up the environment as well as the health of the children. Being in the education …

Service-Learning And Social Activism : A Case Of Sign Language Translators In Hong Kong, Mei Huung, Red Chan

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My paper discusses the research findings of my project on service-learning, social activism, sign language translators and Translation Studies pedagogy.

Since August 2013, I have been working closely with two NGOs who care for deaf people in Hong Kong. My students served those NGOs as language and translation major. The outcomes of their services include a short film, translated sign language textbook, website materials, and subtitles of films for Deaf Film Festivals in Hong Kong. Pedagogically, they have found service-learning tremendously helpful for them to better acquire the subject knowledge of Translation Studies. It has also broadened their social awareness …

From Alleviating Extreme Poverty To The Construction Of An International Ngo : Changes Observed In Individuals And Communities Involved, Hao Pu Wang

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This paper is with two purposes, one, to inform the general public about how the serving of the extremely poor can lead to a global non-government organization aiming at combating poverty; two, to let the participants on the day of the seminar enter the workshop format in which they discuss about issues related to what most people living in developed nations like Taiwan would not be able to really imagine. The paper will begin by telling the story of Knight Club, the service works it has done in different nations in Asia, particularly in Myanmar and how it ended up …

The Smart Living Service-Learning Program : Curriculum-Based And Interdisciplinary Approach, Mei Hung Wang

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The Smart Living Service-Learning Program is a subprogram in the Talent Cultivation Program for Smart Living Industry, which is sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Taiwan. This service-learning program aims to promote the curriculum-based service-learning project, especially in the interdisciplinary approach. The program has grown to include 50 project teams since 2010. This paper will provide an overview of this program, such as program mission and vision, project objectives, philosophy of service -learning, models of interdisciplinary projects, project achievements, project evaluation, and sustainability. The lesson learned and components of success will also be discussed.

Community Empowerment : Interactive Theatre Production And Service Learning, Meilinda

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Theatre as a medium of artistic expression has been successful in providing space for actors, artistic team and spectators to enjoy a work of art. However, in the case of Indonesia, theatre may have a role for empowering people. Inspired by Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed, in this paper I propose a service learning program that involves theatrical production. In this program, interactive theatrical method is used for writing the script and staging the performance. Participants from the targeted community and the students from my University will collaborate to brainstorm the possible theme for their story. They identify essential problems …

Learning Outcomes From International Service-Learning, Joseph Lam, Geoffrey Shea, Paulus Bawole, Willy Sudiarto Raharjo

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To raise students' awareness of global issues is one of the main objectives in service learning, students in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) are encouraged to apply their learning outcomes to serve the underprivileged community for rather long term benefits. This paper will discuss how PolyU students from different disciplines committed a service learning project in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Together with students from Duta Wacana Christian University(DWCU) with different disciplines, a group of students from PolyU joined a service learning project"Yogyakarta Kampung Field School"(YKFS) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. YKFS aims at exploring the need of the local rural community and proposing …