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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 …

The Development And Confirmatory Factor Analysis Of The "Service-Learning Reflection Scale" For Undergraduates, Mei Jiun Lin, Yuk Ying Tung, Tong Miao Chang

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The purpose of this study is to develop and to examine the construct validity of the "service-learning reflection scale" for undergraduates based on Kolb's learning theory. The research aims to: (1) recognize undergraduates' levels of reflection for service-learning; (2) let undergraduates understand their learning styles; (3) evaluate the effect of service-learning for the instructors. We used the Likert's style to make the scales. There are 33 items in the initial scale divided into four subscales inclusive of the concrete experience (CE), the reflection observation (RO), the abstract conceptualization (AC), and the active experience (AE). For the very first time, we …

The Yunnan Service Trip : Sharing, Serving And Connecting, Yu Lai, Yuki Li

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Background
/="/"> With a motto of "Education for Service," Lingnan University is a unique liberal arts institution in Hong Kong. In 2006, Lingnan University established the Office of Service-Learning (OSL) to embody its university's motto and encourage students to apply their academic knowledge through an engagement in the community. The Yunnan Service Trip, organized by the OSL's Mainland and International Service-Learning Program (MISLP), is just one of the ways in which Lingnan students can engage in the community and connect their service experiences with their academic knowledge. Over the last seven years, Lingnan University has collaborated with Deloitte and organizations …

On The Organization Best Suitable For Service-Learning : Institutional Perspective, Bai Chuan Yang

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The primary objective of this study is to understand the effects of organization structure and resources towards the effectiveness of promoting service learning. Literature review shows that there seems to be limited studies that discuss the effects of organization structure and resources. Therefore, in order to justify the gap in the extant literature where most studies selected one service learning project as the case for research target, analysis using the organizational perspective was accomplished on the factors that affect the promotion of service learning.

Considering both static and dynamic organization structures and resources integration, this study shall aim to provide …

Intergenerational Partnership Community Projects : A Case Study In Hong Kong, Tyan Chyi, Nicholas Ooi

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The Office of Service-Learning (OSL) at Lingnan University is taking the initiative to organize different non-credit bearing community based projects. These projects help to build a strong relationship among community agencies and the higher education through various events/activities which involve both local and international context. This concept aims to building a real-life experiential classroom for students and community members to work closely together and create an effective learning platform for students' based on experiential learning.

In this paper, The 4 highlighted projects focus on Intergenerational Partnership (include LingnanU Elder Academy (EA), Sustainable Development Fund (SDF) Project: Cultural Sustainable Project Through …

One Plus One More Than Two : University-Community Partnerships For Elderly : An Interdisciplinary Service-Learning Project, Chia Hui Chiu, Fang, Megan Liu

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Faculties at Taipei Medical University developed an interdisciplinary courses cluster which consists of Chinese History, Nutrition, Elderly Activity Design, and Physical Examination. In this course cluster, faculties, students, teaching assistant, and NPO/community members serve the same elderly over two years by providing health related care in accordance with the courses objectives. In this project, not only students' soft abilities, such as problem-solving skills, team work abilities, and communication abilities, are improved, but also develop some pilot devices for the elderly, such as remote health examination and instant soft meal. The paper will describe this model of interdisciplinary service-learning in health …

Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration Through Wuzhiqiao Project To Foster Cultural Exchange And Community Engagement, King Shun, Rain Cheung, Hiu Ying Keung, Kin Yee Lam, Yan Yu Lee, Chak Hay Wong, Tsz Wai Yan

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In 2013, students of the Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong (THEi), with the support of WuZhiQiao (WZQ) Charitable Foundation, formed a core team of 11 students to organize and participate in social service projects to help the underprivileged in the Chinese mainland.

WuZhiQiao (WZQ) projects, the first cross-region social service engagement by THEi students, bring together students from Hong Kong and the Mainland. WZQ Charitable Foundation aims to help the Chinese traditional village in building Pedestrian Bridge and organizing community projects. Since there are Chinese villages facing flooding during rainy seasons, the local villagers will be trapped …

Breaking The Ice And Encouraging Enthusiasm : How The Taiwanese Community Partners In Service Learning Cope With Challenges, Hsiu Yi Liu, Pei Yuan Ting

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Recently, service learning is widespread and has gradually played an important part in education. In the process, one of the key partners is the community. The aim of this paper is to explore the difficulties and challenges faced by the community partners involved in the service learning in Taiwan. Fourteen experienced service learning community partners have been interviewed. The result suggests that the community partners have scare organizational resources when working with campus. Also, the staff lack of the leadership skill to facilitate the involvement of students. Moreover, in Taiwan, the data shows that many students do not have the …

University-Community Partnerships For Local Museum : An Interdisciplinary Service-Learning Project, Ling Ling Tsai, Yu Ren Yen, Cheng Te Chen, Yao Huang Lin

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In 2013, Far East University conducted an interdisciplinary service -learning project in the Fang-Yuan Art Museum, a local museum in Tainan suburban. The project was grouped by four courses, Life Aesthetics and Museum Narration, Navigation Technology for Museum, Creative Design and Exhibition, and Green Consumption, by faculties from Dept. of Applied Language, Dept. of Information Management, and Dept. of Digital Multimedia Arts. The faculty members, in partnership with the museum curator and its neighboring community, con-constructed a one-year long service-learning project to meet museum's needs and courses objectives. The English version of museum narration, the APP for museum navigation, and …

The African Dream Of Medical And Nursing Students : A Pilot Study From A Medical Volunteer Team To Tanzania, Chang Ching Lee, Ping Keung Yip, Huey Tzy Chen, Nsengiyumva Ladislas, Miao Ju Chwo, Chiu Jung Yang, Ling Hsien Liu

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Background: Following the footstep of Dr. Albert Schweitzer, most of the medical and nursing students in Taiwan would have "The African Dream", i.e., the chance to have medical service in remote areas, especially some remote areas in African countries.

Objective: This pilot study is to investigate the impact and effectiveness of a medical volunteer team from a medical college in Taiwan to a Maasai tribe in Engaruka, Tanzania, East Africa.

Introduction of the Team: The medical volunteer team started from 2011 which comprised mainly of medical and nursing students from Fu-Jen Catholic University, through the linkage of the local catholic …

Enhancing Assessment And Feedback In Service-Learning, Susan J. Deeley

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Informed by previous research studies on assessment and feedback in service-learning (Deeley, 2015; 2014), this presentation aims to shed light on methods for enhancing students' learning. The presentation will begin with a brief summary of a research project currently being undertaken in a Scottish university. The presentation will then critically analyse the effects and implications of using technology in assessment that is constructively aligned (Biggs and Tang, 2011) to service-learning.

This presentation focuses on an aspect of the research study that involves assessment and feedback in service-learning. The summative assessment includes: a co-assessed oral presentation; a critical incident report; and …