Humanity Education as Liberal Arts Education Through the Operation of University Students Overseas Volunteer Activities

Abstract

In the 21st century era of science and technology, the importance of humanity education is becoming more prominent. Humanity education is mainly conducted by the person in charge of liberal arts education at any given university. Among humanity education as liberal arts education, this thesis focused on subjects related to university student volunteer activities and non-subject activities. Volunteer work often stems from spontaneity. However, the reality is that in the Korean educational field, volunteer work is regarded as either an anti-arbitrary and compulsory activity allowing for the attainment of favorable scores for university entrance exams, or to meet university graduation requirements. However, it should not be overlooked that service can be strengthened through education and training, and spontaneity can be established. In this respect, overseas volunteer activities for university students can be said to be a very important extracurricular endeavors when it comes to training the basic training of services, such as sharing and serving and cultivating the leadership of serving. In this paper, the actual operation of overseas volunteer activities through Dongduk Womens University and a university council called the <i>Korean University Council For Social Service</i> were examined as humanity education for university students. In addition, in this study we examined how volunteer work has a positive effect on individual character growth and humanity education of university student volunteers. We also confirmed that university students overseas volunteer activities are very useful educational tools for the development of humanity education, which functions as one of the pillars of liberal arts education.