Implementation Of Service Learning Research Articles

A comparative study of virtual and insite engineering service-learning implementations

The Smile project is an engineering service-learning initiative carried out through collaboration between Chouaib Doukkali University in Morocco and Pusan National University in South Korea. Since 2016, this project has been conducted annually for engineering students from both universities. Participants are selected through an oral interview, ensuring representation from different majors, years, and genders. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the project transitioned to an online mode starting from 2020. The objective of this article is to investigate the impact of the service-learning approach on learning and its potential for enhancing engineering education. This study aims to compare the face-to-face and online implementations of the Smile project as examples of this educational approach. The analysis demonstrates a strong positive effect of engineering service-learning as a learning approach, leading to the improvement of engineering students' skills and competencies. Notably, there is minimal difference between the two implementation modes of this learning approach.

Instruction on Creating Interactive Quizzes Using Mentimeter Application in Civics Education Learning

This community service activity is grounded in the challenge that teachers face when teaching civics education in the classroom, given the students' circumstances and confronted with the necessity to adjust to education in the twenty-first century, which is based on technology and information aligning with the Merdeka curriculum. Engaging in enjoyable learning activities can facilitate students' comprehension and retention of academic material. This service activity intends to enable teachers to utilize interactive learning media in the classroom using the Mentimeter application. The community service is conducted by implementing service learning at SMA Negeri 3 Palu in collaboration with the service team. The attendees comprised representatives from both the teaching and student communities. The implementation phase comprises the coordination phase, the program implementation phase (preceded by a pre-test), material provision, teacher and student trial, and the evaluation phase (post-test). The results of the service indicated that both teachers and students were unfamiliar with the Mentimeter application prior to the activity. Following the instruction, teachers and students engaged in practical exercises. Teachers are intrigued by the prospect of incorporating this application into their lessons due to the enthusiasm of students and their fondness for the media.

수행적 인문학 수업의 가능성

This study aims to elevate performativity in humanities education through the implementation of service learning in the design and instruction of English Children’s Literature. In this service learning case study, participants enrolled in an English Children’s Literature course collaborated to develop creative English education programs and activity plans based on their classroom learning. They also performed a six-week educational service in diverse local settings, including an elementary school, children’s centers, and community welfare facilities. Throughout the service period, students maintained reflective weekly journals, critically contemplating their experiences and insights gained during their community engagement. Additionally, they had the opportunity to share their service experiences through presentations and evaluation activities. Results from a survey indicate overwhelmingly positive responses from the participants towards service learning. The study showcases how this approach invigorates humanities education by empowering students to actively shape their learning journey while fostering meaningful connections with the community.

Concepts, Design and Implementation of Service-Learning at the College of Education: A Single Case Study

In the teacher-education program of higher education institutions (HEIs), service learning has become an integral part of the curriculum. This is brought by the strong emphasis on the civic mission of HEIs which is aimed towards development within faculty members an awareness of, sensitivity toward, and engagement in civic issues and activities through participation in the society. This single case study explored the service-learning culture of the College of Education of Bataan Peninsula State University-Balanga Campus by looking at the cases in which the college engaged with the communities it adopted over the years of its existence. Twelve faculty members who participated in the service-learning activities in several adopted communities in the city of Balanga and the town of Bagac and Morong, Bataan were selected as participants using the purposive sampling method and the application of the inclusion and exclusion criteria. In-depth interviews, focus group discussions, and document analysis were used in gathering data. Researchers used pattern matching as a preferred strategy in the data analysis that provided categories of information that helped in establishing emergent themes. Results showed that service learning is conceptualized and approached in the college as a pedagogy, social responsibility, and commitment to lifelong learning. Capabilities enhancement and promotion of human development are incorporated in service learning through curriculum design, project design based on needs assessment, and research-based community extension projects. As such, the service-learning conceptualization and development in the college is curricular, project, and research-based. Recommendations on how to improve the service-learning of the college were put forward. Keywords: service learning, curriculum design, project-design based, lifelong learning

What are tutors' perceptions of an online tutoring project-Digital Learning Companion-During the COVID-19 pandemic? A case study in Taiwan.

The COVID-19 outbreak has had serious impact on remote education and service-learning implementation in Taiwan. To alleviate these impacts, the Digital Learning Companion, an online tutoring project, was proposed to bridge the digital divide and learning gap among remote children, while offering university students an online service-learning environment. This project recruited international students as tutors for local children. To explore tutors' perceptions of this project during the COVID-19 pandemic, qualitative research, particularly a case study, was conducted. Adopting purposive sampling, 15 participants were chosen for interviews at the end of the project, and 10 reflective videos were used to reveal further information to supplement the interview results. Content analysis was employed to analyse the data. The findings implied that using JoinNet and tutoring journals significantly facilitated the tutoring process, which led to tutors’ remarkable development in skills, social relationships, multicultural experience, altruism, social responsibility, self-efficacy, and affective values. However, they encountered some challenges, such as technical problems, communication barrier, lack of tutee information, and short tutoring duration. The solutions to these challenges and insightful suggestions for the project development are pointed out. The results of this study contribute to tutors’ cognitive, social, and motivational development, and support the online service-learning-integrated curriculum, which can become a reference for further studies regarding online service-learning implementation to bridge the research gap.

How Critical is Service-Learning Implementation?

Background: Service-learning is a pedagogical approach to teaching designed to create space for students to reflect critically on community service within an academic course of study with the aim of developing socially minded and actively engaged citizens. Purpose: As service-learning has moved away from the margins of educational practice, its potential as a high-impact practice has become increasingly well documented. This documentation speaks only to the theoretical potential of service-learning and does little to consider its practical impact on students and the communities with which they are asked to engage. Methodology/Approach: We conducted an exploratory mixed-methods study to examine the impact of the implementation of service-learning pedagogy in classrooms on students’ civic attitudes. Findings/Conclusions: Results show that endorsement of some key components of service-learning pedagogy on course syllabi are associated with increased changes in students’ reported civic attitudes, suggesting that implementation of pedagogy plays an important role in student experience and learning outcomes. Implications: These findings point to important differences in student outcomes between traditional and critical service-learning pedagogy implementation and point to the challenges inherent in shifting to implementation of critical pedagogy within a hierarchical structure of higher education.

The “Paulo Fraire” Educational Thinking Paradigm in the Service Learning Model in Higher Education

he study of writing this article is focused on discussing the concept of an educational paradigm of thinking about problems or problem-posing offered by Paulo Fraire's character in relation to the implementation of lecture activities combined with the service-learning model. The purpose of writing this article will be focused on seeing how the implementation pattern or learning stage model uses the problem-posing paradigm of Paulo Freire's thinking which will be linked to the service-learning model. The method in writing this article uses the literature review method. The literature review was carried out by analyzing journals in the 2010-2021 period related to the study of Paulo Fraire's paradigm of thinking about problem posing and theoretical studies on the implementation of service-learning. From the results of the analysis of related journals found 15 journals that can be used as a reference for the analysis. Based on the findings of the integration of the service-learning model and problem posing, it was found that 4 steps can be taken, namely: listening, action, reflection, and demonstration. Paulo Fraire's paradigm of thinking about education facing problems or problem posing is based on the phenomenon of education with the "bank system" style, in which students are like "empty souls" who passively receive explanations from the teacher in the classroom. Through this paper, it will be emphasized how the pattern or model of implementing the learning paradigm of educational thinking towards the Paulo Freire problem is offered with the service-learning model approach.

Implementation of Service-Learning as a Strategy to Foster Intercultural Coexistence in the Local Community: A Case Study

Service-learning (SL) is a participatory teaching–learning methodology through which students learn certain content while also meeting a number of real social needs in their environment. The implementation of SL in different areas and educational stages has been extensively described. However, its potential as a community and intercultural development strategy at the local level has not been widely studied. Through a documentary analysis, the present work sought to understand the characteristics of socio-educational interventions, which, based on the service-learning methodology, aim at improving coexistence in local communities with a high degree of cultural diversity. A total of 18 projects were included in a community programme implemented in the municipality of Elche (Spain) between 2010 and 2016. They all focused or included the promotion of intercultural coexistence among their objectives. The study design was quantitative, with a descriptive and explanatory, univariate and bivariate analysis using the IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences 26. The results showed that service-learning can contribute to the improvement of intercultural coexistence. Moreover, a number of SL basic, pedagogical and organisational components are enhanced when integrated into broader community development processes.

Extent of implementation of service-learning in five Jesuit Universities in the Philippines

Service-learning is a form of experiential education in which students engage in activities that address human and community needs together with structured opportunities intentionally designed to promote student learning and development. Philippine Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are making attempts to integrate service-learning in their educational systems. In this current qualitative study, the mechanism of service learning in 5 Jesuit higher education institutions located in different regions in the Philippines was described. Furco’s Self-Assessment Rubric for institutionalization of service learning as a framework was used as the evaluation tool. Results revealed that even if the institutions studied were all Jesuit universities, each one exhibited unique experiences and different levels of implementation of service learning. They also vary in the mechanism or approach of implementation. What was evident among the five Jesuit higher education institutions is their shared commitment towards service and social justice as part of their mission and identity. The difference in the level of implementation among the five HEIs depends on the longevity of the service learning in the institution, the number of programs that utilize service learning as a pedagogy, sustained commitment and persistence of the administrators, faculty and staff.

A model of service-learning implementation: case of Ukrainian Catholic University

Service-learning (SL) is a relatively new approach for the Ukrainian education system. The Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) became the first in Ukraine to introduce it at the institutional level. The organization of this process requires a transparent methodology and algorithm for implementation. In this study, we consider the institutional performance of SL at UCU from the standpoint of innovation management in the educational process. The paper’s objective is to describe the SL model implementation at the UCU based on the analysis of the carried-out optimizing processes. The classic problem-based approach with interactive research and design-based research were applied to develop the model. Furthermore, the description of the results uses a process-oriented methodology as the most appropriate for the current and future research work. The success of the SL approach implementation is partly due to the technical part by which it is about the design of the work process and the internal culture of the HEI. The groups of stakeholders involved in designing and adopting the SL model and pedagogy are foundational in the applied case of the process-oriented methodology. The final goal was to identify the areas with the most significant opportunities for improvement when implementing SL in the HEI. The model of implementation of SL in the HEI, presented in this study, was created on the business process mapping principles and can be valuable for other educational institutions that want to implement this approach.

INNOVATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION: SERVICE LEARNING

The article is dedicated to service learning – a popular and innovative method of teaching and learning that aims at bridging the academic and non-academic environments, introducing students to real-life challenges faced by local community, enhancing students’ social responsibility, empathy, leadership etc. Service learning is a comprehensive holistic approach that mixes traditional academic learning with community engagement, research, civic education, value-based and life skills learning, nurturing inclusion and diversity. Community service is distinctly linked to the curriculum and the subject area of the study programme; theoretical learning is complemented by service that augments students’ specific and general (transversal) competences. Service should be genuine, meet the real needs of a community, merge learning with practical activity and target personal development of service beneficiaries who are actively engaged. Students, though they work under guidance and coordination of their teachers, are expected to play an active role in service learning planning, delivery, monitoring and evaluation; they should demonstrate leadership and agency during service learning. Service learning is a flexible and allowing for variability teaching and learning method, which precipitates its effectiveness and attractiveness. Implementation of service learning in Ukrainian universities seems rational and essential as it can provide impetus for revision and modernization of study programmes, complement cognitive learning with social-emotional learning, augment links with stakeholders, involve students into real-life problem-solving, influence their outlook and encourage students to change the world for the better.

Learning Model Service-Learning at Boarding School

This study aims to describelearning learning servicecarried out at Pondok Pesantren Al Urwatul Wutsqo Jombang. This study used a qualitative approach with case study design. Data was collected using in-depth interviews, participatory observation, and documentation. Data analysis techniques include data collection, data condensation, data presentation, and drawing conclusions, checking the validity of the findings by extending participation; source triangulation techniques, theories, and methods; and persistence of observation. Research informants are pesantren caregivers, ustadzah, students and the community. The results showed that: first, the steps of service learning that were applied at Pondok Pesantren al Urwatul Wutsqo Jombang and Darussalam Sumbersari Kediri, among others: 1). Intention, 2). Curriculum integration, 3). Preparation includes; debriefing and selection ofparticipants service learning, determining the place of service-learning service, division of groups and accompanying teachers, departure ofparticipants service learning, 4). Implementation of service learning, 5). Meditation/contemplation, 6). Evaluation of service learning, and 7). Closing of service learning. 

Shifting to student-centered learning: Influences of teaching a summer service learning program

Student-centered pedagogies like project-based learning and service learning have shown promise to increase student achievement yet are not enacted in many K12 classrooms. This multiple case study examined how teaching a middle school summer service learning program in a diverse, urban, school district, influenced beliefs and practices about student-centered learning during the traditional school year. The opportunity to implement service learning in an out of school context gives teachers opportunities to practice shifting control of learning to students and provides a supportive peer group. This study has implications for supporting teachers in their professional growth when implementing student-centered pedagogies.

Development of prosocial competencies in PETE and Sport Science students. Social justice, Service-Learning and Physical Activity in cultural diversity contexts

ABSTRACT Background The development of prosocial competencies in university students can be attained through the implementation of Service-Learning (S-L) methodology by carrying out a community service to groups of foreign unaccompanied minors (FUM). Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) and Sport Science (SS) students involved in an S-L experience normally develop a critical way of thinking as they face social conflicts. Besides, social justice education and S-L attempt to help in favour of social inclusion of vulnerable groups. Purpose This study aims to assess the development of prosocial competencies in PETE and SS students taking a Dual Degree Program in Physical Activity (PA) and SS and Primary Education. This is done through S-L methodology, by carrying out a community service to groups of FUM. Method A total of 21 male and 9 female PETE and SS students participated in this study. The methodology used is of a qualitative nature. Reflective diary is used as an instrument for data collection, and content analysis as an information analysis technique. Results It has been observed an improvement in the prosocial competencies of the PETE and SS students involved in the S-L experience. The competencies with the greatest number of references and, therefore, those with a greater presence in their testimonies, include organisation, proactivity and optimism, self-esteem, and tolerance and respect. Conclusion The S-L is capable of undertaking a transformative role which enables PETE and SS students to acquire prosocial competencies in contexts relating to cultural diversity and social justice.

Implementation of Service Learning in the Chemistry Classroom: A Colombian Experience

Service-learning methodology makes a connection between student classroom learning and the application of knowledge to solve community needs. The present study was carried out with the Universidad Autonoma de Occidente (Colombia) community by environmental engineering students enrolled in a Chemistry 2 course. The students helped the Universidad Autonoma de Occidente community reinforce criteria for separating solid waste generated in the cafeteria. To carry out this project, the students had to appropriate concepts from the chemistry course such as functional groups, types of polymers, and the biodegradation process of materials and its relation to the principles of solid waste separation. Once the concepts were learned, students developed strategies to guide the community in the correct separation of solid waste using a simple vocabulary so that people unfamiliar with chemistry could understand and apply the concepts. The project positively impacted student learning and promoted personal satisfaction as a result of performing useful service and using their knowledge to solve a real worldwide problem.

A qualitative study of factors influencing service-learning implementation in vocational education field of Pakistan: Teachers’ perspectives

Service-learning is an emerging pedagogical method generating effective outcomes. However, its long-term outcomes are contingent on plausible planning, realistic target designing, and pragmatic execution and implementation. This study, drawing on elementary school teachers’ views from the Punjab regions of Pakistan, attempts to explore the factors influencing service-learning implementation in the vocational field. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews from 30 teachers from different regions of the Punjab province who had participated in service-learning projects. Study samples were selected through the purposive sampling technique. Thematic analysis technique was used for data analysis. The analysis process included data coding, categorizing, and clustering the categories into themes. The findings showed that planning, training and orientation, student placement, duration, collaboration, and reflection were major influencing factors of service-learning implementation in vocational education in Pakistan.

Challenges of Implementing Service-Learning Pedagogy In Nigeria Public Universities

Service-learning is a form of experiential learning that enables students to apply the knowledge acquired in the classroom towards the development of their immediate environment. Service-learning as experiential learning advocates active learning contrary to the passive form of learning associated with the traditional method of teaching and learning in most Nigerian public universities. This study explores the challenges encountered by students in Nigeria public universities during service-learning implementation. Participants: Students and faculty members were interviewed to generate information from their life experiences of service-learning implementation. The data gathered using semi-structured interview questions were transcribed and coded using the NVIVO software to generate themes. Findings showed inadequate time, inadequate knowledge of implementation, lack of funds, lack of co-operation among students during the implementation, inadequate supervision, and a structured guideline for service-learning implementation and logistics as the major challenges associated with adopting service-learning as a form of learning in Nigeria public universities

SOCIALLY ORIENTED LEARNING AT HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

The concept of Service-Learning has been presented in the article. The essence and features of Service-learning have been determined. The difference between Service-Learning, volunteering and practice have been indicated. Service- Learning at the university is aimed at solving community problems, but does not involve the acquisition of professional skills and is not a part of the course in the structure of the curriculum. Practice involves the acquisition of professional skills, but is not always aimed at solving community problems. Service-Learning is defined as an educational approach that unionizes the content of academic learning with the solution of real problems of the community. Service-Learning is the delivery of a service to the community within the context of an educational program of study. Typical features of Service - Learning are: Service - meeting of real needs of the community by working together with that community; Learning - implementing in the curriculum of students (students using their academic knowledge in fieldwork for meeting real needs and real problem solving in the community). The article has presented possibilities of introduction of Service-Learning in educational process of university. The stages and cross-cutting processes of development and implementation of a Service-Learning project have been characterized. The content of project activity in the context of Service-Learning have been idefined and detailed: motivation; diagnosis; design and planning; project implementation; closure. The content of cross-cutting processes in the system of Service-Learning has been revealed: reflection; ongoing record, systematization and communication; process evaluation or monitoring. Foreign and domestic practices of Service-Learning in the conditions of universities and non-formal education have been analyzed. The advantages of Service-Learning are determined not only for specialties with a certain social component (social work, educational, pedagogical sciences), but also for other specialties. Opportunities of extrapolation of experience of Service-Learning in universities of Italy, Slovakia, and Malaysia in Ukraine have been identified. Prospects for the transformation of forms and methods of Service-Learning in Ukraine Universities have been determined experimentally. The author investigates feasibility of implementation of Service-Learning in Ukrainian Universities. The feasibility has been defined by means of questionnaires. Survey analysis shows that the vast majority of students are willing to participate in projects or initiatives that address problems and meet community needs. Also, the vast majority of students think that such projects should be implemented in the curriculum.

Competencia global "Changemaker" y autonomía de centro. Un desafío político

El artículo expone los resultados de la investigación llevada a cabo para conocer los efectos sociopedagógicos y políticos derivados de la interacción entre la competencia changemaker y la autonomía de centro, abriendo una discusión sobre sus posibilidades y límites. Se parte del análisis de los argumentos que establecen una relación entre: a) el cambio competencial experimentado en el ámbito educativo para que los ciudadanos sean capaces de desenvolverse de forma satisfactoria y b) la autonomía de centro como rasgo organizativo catalizador de su implementación. Revisada la teoría de su interacción positiva, se comprueban sus efectos prácticos a través del análisis cualitativo de tres Proyectos Educativos de Centro de la Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla y León. En los proyectos se han desarrollado innovaciones relacionadas con la acción y el cambio social, implementando metodologías de Aprendizaje Servicio y de Comunidad de Aprendizaje y Enseñanza Democrática. Se identifican como categorías de análisis, la innovación, las competencias, la planificación de las actuaciones, los responsables y la evaluación. Los resultados muestran como la autonomía de centro, si bien de modo diferencial, permite en la práctica configurar los procesos de aprendizaje y la adquisición de la competencia global Changemaker.

The Process of Organizing and Implementing Curricular Service Learning in American Higher Education and Its Enlightenment on China

Service learning in American universities is divided into curricular service learning and extracurricular service learning. The corresponding process of organizing and implementing service learning in American universities is also divided into curricular service learning and extracurricular service learning. Take Michigan State University as the case, the six steps of investigation, preparation, engagement, reflection and connection, evaluation, demonstration or celebration are interpreted in detail. I focus on the process of organizing and implementing curricular service learning in detail. Clarifying the process of organizing and implementing curricular service learning in American higher education has certain reference significance for the transformation and development of some local colleges and universities in China.