Service-learning Approach Research Articles

Developing the 'Good Life' Model: The Recruitment and Training of 'Dementia Ambassadors' to Provide a Novel Coaching Approach for Family Caregivers.

The Good Life Model is an evidence-informed service extension program that seeks to improve the quality of daily life for people living with dementia (PLWD) and their caregivers through an integrated, replicable health professional learning service approach. To provide this service, caregivers referred from a neurology clinic are matched to Dementia Ambassadors (DAs), nursing and health profession faculty and graduate students who are trained in family-centric and nonpharmacological approaches. DAs serve as coaches to telephonically provide disease education, referrals and linkages, support and skills in managing caregiver-identified care challenges. Good Life offers a service-learning approach for developing a workforce that is prepared to care for families living with dementia, while improving the quality of daily life for both people living with dementia and their caregivers. DAs involve various health professionals and students and receive training tailored to their level of expertise in dementia care. Regardless of dementia expertise, key competencies include 1) knowledge about dementia types and etiologies, 2) core clinical signs (e.g., behavioral and psychological symptoms, cognitive and functional decline), 3) knowledge of caregiver experiences, 4) ability to assess care challenges and serve as a coach, and 5) ability to rapidly develop rapport and engage in active listening. Caregivers receive support through bimonthly one hour telephone sessions for up to 12 sessions over 6 months. Biweekly case debriefings provide ongoing oversight and support for DAs. To date, 36 caregivers have been referred, with 19 enrolled having completed 123 sessions. Of the 8 caregivers who have completed the 6 month program, all have elected to continue optional post-program sessions. In providing access and support to underserved populations with a nonpharmacological phone intervention, Good Life demonstrates not only the need for service extension practices as part of standard dementia care to support PLWD and caregivers, but highlights the importance of preparing a workforce to help caregivers manage challenges. Furthermore, caregivers to date having unanimously elected to continue post-program sessions attests to the rapid and powerful relationship developed between DAs trained in these practices and the caregivers who gain value from participating.

The Utilization of Seconhand into Chemical Props with a Service Learning Approach

Chemistry learning is currently related to contextual or learning associated with everyday life. Many secondhand can be used in the surrounding environment as learning resources. Learning resources that can be made from secondhand is chemical property. This service focuses on high school /MA chemistry teachers in Tulungagung. This service aims to increase chemistry teachers' knowledge about the importance of using secondhand as chemical property. The method used Service Learning. The service-learning methods are preparation, action, reflection, assessment and evaluation. The results of chemical property that can be made with secondhand are periodic systems of elements, hydrocarbons, electrolytes, colloids, pop-up books, molecular shapes, acids and bases, Thomson atomic models, Rutherford atomic models, monopoly reaction rates, chemical bonds, reaction rate madding, electron configuration magic box, and redox light. Based on the results and discussion, it can be concluded that chemical property can be made from secondhand with a Service Learning approach to increase creative and innovative learning for teachers and students high school/MA in Tulungagung.

The Mentoring in Developing the Arabic Teaching Materials Based on Android Smart Apps Creator (SAC) to Improve the Professional Competence of the Arabic Teachers

In developing digital teaching materials, some applications can be used including the Smart Apps Creator (SAC) application. Through this application, the process of developing teaching materials can be done more easily because it does not use coding. This activity aims to improve the professional competence of Arabic language teachers in the development of application-based teaching materials. In this community service activity, a Service Learning (SL) approach was used in which, an experience-based approach that involves students in various activities and use their experiences to develop their abilities and skills for communities. Service activities were carried out at MIN 4 Pangkalan Bun and in the hall of the Ministry of Religion's Office in Regency of West Kotawaringin. The stages carried out consist of pre service, during service, and post service. The results of this community service activity can be explained as follows. 1. Teachers get benefits from mentoring activities in the form of the ability to produce teaching and evaluation materials output by using the Smart Apps Creator application. 2. Teachers can develop their own further materials by using templates that they have made by themselves. 3. The professional competence of teachers increased through their success in developing teaching materials using applications. 4. The obstacles faced by teachers in using the application are more technical matters that can be overcome during the mentoring.

The Implementation of Teacherpreneurship of PGMI Students INISNU Temanggung

This actian research discusses the practice of teacherpreneurship among INISNU Temanggung students. This research uses a service learning approach. The research carried out observation, planning, action, and evaluation regarding the making of NIB (Business License Number). The population of this research is 24 students of the PGMI INISNU Temanggung study program. In the initial ownership of NIB, only 2 college students (8.3%) already had it, after taking action there was an increase to 23 college students (95.8%). The implementation of teacherpreneurship practices is not limited to the creation of a product, but students are equipped with the principles and mentality to become a competitive entrepreneur. Students are able to produce works in the form of entrepreneurial profiles, teacherpreneurship products, NIB, and practice teacherpreneurship in Selopampang, Temanggung Regency. The impact of this research is that students have a mentality in entrepreneurship. Students are very active when involved in determining the direction of this research, both in the training process, production stages, to determining post-production strategies. In addition, lecturers and students are able to take transformative action by having the same understanding that the activities carried out for PGMI INISNU Temanggung students.

Training on Utilizing Pipe Waste Become an Useful Handicrafts at MA Syamsul Arifin Students Kraton Pasuruan

This community service focuses on equipping assisted subjects with knowledge about the use of PVC pipe waste in the environment. This service program is an actualization of the collaboration that has existed between Yudharta University Pasuruan and Madrasah Aliyah Syamsul Arifin Kraton Pasuruan. This mentoring program uses a service learning approach through three stages including the preparation, service, and reflection stages. The impact of this change in service includes students being able to understand various types of waste and their impact on the environment, being able to make handicrafts using used plastic pipe waste materials, and being able to understand marketing strategies for handicraft products by utilizing existing facilities in the surrounding environment. This service activity is expected to be a pioneer of collaboration between institutions, especially in increasing the creativity and independence of students in various schools in the Pasuruan Regency.

Enhancing perceived leadership of nursing students through a student-led dedicated education unit in a community setting: A feasibility study.

Leadership competence is important to ensure the provision of safe and high-quality care in hospitals. The aim was to demonstrate the feasibility of enhancing the perceived leadership competence of nursing students through an innovative health education strategy, consisting of a student-led dedicated education unit (DEU) informed by a service-learning approach in a community setting. Feasibility study in a three-phase process: I: Design; II: Acceptability and implementation; III: Expansion to a different setting. In phase II the DEU was piloted with 62 students using a pretest/post-test with control group design. In phase III it was piloted with 20 students in the expansion setting. The DEU was implemented and tested in Barcelona (Spain) between 2014 and 2019. To assess acceptability and implementation, students' perceived leadership competence was measured using the Self-Assessment Leadership Instrument. We also obtained satisfaction ratings using an ad hoc questionnaire. Satisfaction was high among students, as well as among service users who received health education. In phase II, students' post-test self-ratings of their leadership competence were higher in both the intervention and control groups, but the increase was significantly greater among students who participated in the DEU (25.84% vs. 16.72%, p=.012). Similar results were obtained in the expansion phase, with students in the intervention group once again showing a significant increase in perceived leadership skills (12.89%, p=.005). Student-led DEUs appear to be an effective way of enhancing perceived leadership competence among senior nursing students.

FUNCTIONALIZATION OF COUNSELING OF PROSPECTIVE BRIDES

The urgency of getting marriage was to establish peace, blessing and the pleasure of God. Therefore, before the wedding carried out, the main steps needed to be prepared were the readiness of couple, the seriousness and the basic strength of marriage law. This paper investigated the role of pre-marital assistance or counseling of couples, using a service learning (SL) approach with several stages carried out. The result revealed that not all couples knew the functions and benefits of pre-marital counseling, and the importance of pre-marital guidance was to minimize divorce and reaffirmed the meaning of getting marriage in Islam. Pre-marriage guidance or counseling is a mandatory service given to the bride and groom, usually counseling given a week before the marriage contract is performed. Pre-marital guidance or counseling aims to reduce the number of divorces, which in the process the bride and groom are given useful supplies in front of him in building a household. Pre -marital guidance is considered important because the beginning of the household is highly dependent on the initial supply before the bride and groom are married and pre -marital guidance also aims to help the bride and groom in making mature planning associated with marriage and married life. Based on the results of pre-marital guidance or advice given that there is a change to the bride, this is evidenced when finished counseling, the bride is asked again about what has been obtained from the guidance done, the bride can re-elaborate important points which has been conveyed by the mentor until the intended target has been met, and it is hoped that in the future it can be useful and be a supply for the bride and groom.

ASSISTANCE AND UTILIZATION OF THE MARKETPLACE IN THE FACEBOOK APPLICATION AS A MEAN OF BUYING BY TRADERS IN PALANGKA RAYA CITY

Social media is a forum that is familiar to the ears of the Indonesian people, especially in the process of using it to reach the general public in accessing basic needs and supporting the community's economy. As we know, more than one hundred million Indonesians currently access social media which is then used as a tool to reach the wider community. Of the many types of social media circulating according to data from Suara.com, Indonesians use Facebook more as a tool to support basic needs and the economy, as many as 140 million Indonesians access it, which puts us in second place in the world of people who access Facebook media. The current pandemic condition does not necessarily reduce access to social media, in fact, according to the data we found, access to the use of social media has increased, especially in supporting the community's economy. Of the many Facebook users who later attracted our attention to research and explore what later became the attraction of this application in the economic sector. The research that we do is field research (qualitative) with descriptive analysis method and service learning approach in order to obtain data according to the existing facts from the use of the media.

Critical Service-Learning Supports Social Justice and Civic Engagement Orientations in College Students

Service-learning is a high-impact practice that increases students’ engagement with class material and the community. However, a critical lens is needed to strengthen students’ understanding of and commitment to social justice. This mixed-method study examined the impact of a critical service-learning approach, which integrated critical curricula with thirty hours of service to community organizations, on undergraduate students’ orientations towards social justice and civic engagement. Statistical analyses suggested significant differences in social dominance orientation and orientations to civic engagement over time and across three psychology classes using critical service-learning, critical curriculum, and traditional approaches. Qualitative findings from critical service-learning students’ class reflection assignments support a proposed model for the development of a social justice orientation among college students. Over the course of the semester, students shifted from considering social justice as an unobtainable, abstract concept to identifying strategies and expressing willingness to engage in behaviors that lead to social change. This study highlights the potential for critical service-learning to enhance student learning and meet the community’s needs with an awareness of power dynamics and the systemic nature of oppression.

Optimize Learning Process during the Covid-19 Pandemic through IT-Based Learning Media at SMPN 10 Bengkulu

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a worldwide impact on people's life, notably in the field of education. Online learning is becoming more popular in schools. This situation necessitates the ability of teachers at all levels of education to adapt and innovate in the delivery of online learning. This community service which drew 24 teachers of SMPN 10 Bengkulu City, aimed to strengthen the teachers’ abilities to generate IT-based learning media to improve the school's online learning process through a service-learning approach. As a result of this community service, the teachers have been able to create a learning video using the Kine-master app, develop exercises using Google Forms, and organize virtual classrooms using the Google Classroom program

Developing Pre-Service Teachers: A Social Justice Approach for Educating Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students

In this article, we describe a dissertation in practice (DiP) conducted by the first author. The DiP focused on a social justice issue—providing pre-service teachers with highly effective preparation for working with culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students. As part of the article, interludes have been inserted prior to each major section of the article. These interludes have been used to discuss the thinking and research processes that were considered as the DiP unfolded in a program that employed an action research approach. The intervention was multi-faceted including teaching about orientations toward CLD students, providing pre-service teachers with pedagogical knowledge and skills, and employing a Community of Practice-based, service-learning approach. Quantitative and qualitative results from the study indicated pre-service teachers increased their knowledge, self-efficacy, and projected use of culturally responsive pedagogy. Discussion focused on connecting results to the literature, implications for practice and research, and extensions to current work.

A graduate course in data governance: A service-learning approach

This paper describes the pedagogical experiences and lessons learned from teaching a service-learning graduate course in data governance at a medium-sized university in the Northeast. Just-in-time knowledge delivery and hands-on experiences in the form of service-learning projects played a critical role in knowledge acquisition and retention for students and a deeper understanding of the “messiness” and challenges of crafting and implementing data governance in a real-world environment. The rewards and struggles of students and the instructor provide insights for teaching abstract concepts in interdisciplinary fields in a hands-on environment. Service-learning courses in analytics are evolving. The lessons learned from this experience can be extended to other graduate analytics courses.

Lecturers' preparedness for applying service-learning after intensive training

PurposeThis study aims to examine how lecturers in European higher education institutions perceive the service-learning approach as a teaching concept and feel prepared for its implementation after a short-term training. Service-learning connects theory and practice by allowing students to participate in a service that meets community needs, reflect on this experience and gain an enhanced sense of civic engagement.Design/methodology/approachThe evaluation study drew on data from four focus group discussions with n = 21 lecturers from five European countries following a Winter School on service-learning in 2020. The qualitative data were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis.FindingsThe findings indicate four themes of preparedness: (1) overall conceptions of service-learning, (2) continuum of preparedness for service-learning, (3) influential factors for preparedness and (d) transfer to home universities. The participants viewed themselves as multipliers for service-learning in their home universities; however, they were skeptical about being able to fully implement the service-learning approach after only one training and without a community of practice with lecturers with similar experiences in their home universities.Originality/valueThis study complements previous studies by adding a cross-national perspective of higher education lecturers. It underlines the importance of continuing training in didactics of university lecturers and a support network for the implementation of complex teaching concepts in higher education.

Social Determinants of Health Screening by Preclinical Medical Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Service-Based Learning Case Study.

BackgroundThe inclusion of social determinants of health is mandated for undergraduate medical education. However, little is known about how to prepare preclinical students for real-world screening and referrals for addressing social determinants of health.ObjectiveThis pilot project’s objective was to evaluate the feasibility of using a real-world, service-based learning approach for training preclinical students to assess social needs and make relevant referrals via the electronic medical record during the COVID-19 pandemic (May to June 2020).MethodsThis project was designed to address an acute community service need and to teach preclinical, second-year medical student volunteers (n=11) how to assess social needs and make referrals by using the 10-item Social Determinants of Health Screening Questionnaire in the electronic health record (EHR; Epic platform; Epic Systems Corporation). Third-year medical student volunteers (n=3), who had completed 6 clinical rotations, led the 2-hour skills development orientation and were available for ongoing mentoring and peer support. All student-patient communication was conducted by telephone, and bilingual (English and Spanish) students called the patients who preferred to communicate in Spanish. We analyzed EHR data extracted from Epic to evaluate screening and data extracted from REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture; Vanderbilt University) to evaluate community health workers’ notes. We elicited feedback from the participating preclinical students to evaluate the future use of this community-based service learning approach in our preclinical curriculum.ResultsThe preclinical students completed 45 screening interviews. Of the 45 screened patients, 20 (44%) screened positive for at least 1 social need. Almost all of these patients (19/20, 95%) were referred to the community health worker. Half (8/16, 50%) of the patients who had consultations with the community health worker were connected with a relevant social service resource. The preclinical students indicated that project participation increased their ability to assess social needs and make needed EHR referrals. Food insecurity was the most common social need.ConclusionsPractical exposure to social needs assessment has the potential to help preclinical medical students develop the ability to address social concerns prior to entering clinical clerkships in their third year of medical school. The students can also become familiar with the EHR prior to entering third-year clerkships. Physicians, who are aware of social needs and have the electronic medical record tools and staff resources needed to act, can create workflows to make social needs assessments and services integral components of health care. Research studies and quality improvement initiatives need to investigate how to integrate screening for social needs and connecting patients to the appropriate social services into routine primary care procedures.

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.

Transdisciplinary University Cooperation Project for Sustainable Development and Lifelong Learning: Result of a Cameroonian Plastic Waste Management School Project within the Framework of Greening Africa Together CO<sub>2</sub> Compensation

This article gives a view of the plastic waste management school project of Greening Africa Together (GATo) and deals with education for sustainable development and lifelong learning in this transdisciplinary university cooperation project. The main questions arising are: how can students become aware of the problem of waste management in their school milieu and, which specific learning response can guarantee a circular economy of waste in schools? The service-learning approach of all GATo-projects consists in an interdisciplinary working group of both local and international students, who together with the community stakeholders, will find a suitable and/or affordable solution to the problem identified.

Assessing Service-Learning Approach: Semantic Meanings of Learning Outcomes and Student Experiences

This study uncovers existing practices of service-learning (SL) in higher education institutions. This was achieved by an examination of 64 courses in Turkish universities with accessible learning outcomes. The study also incorporates a “best practice” case study, a communication campaign combatting hate speech against refugee children. A comparison was made of general learning outcomes and individual and community outcomes reported by 43 students enrolled in the course in which the campaign was executed. Both text-based learning outcomes and student interview data were subject to semantic network analysis. SL courses in general display a strong emphasis on learning through projects, but the case study results indicated an absence of important outcomes such as engagement and citizenship values. In other respects, these courses not only aimed at significant learning outcomes in cognitive and affective domains, but also at assisting the transfer of necessary communication skills. The study presents insights for development of higher education curricula and implications for further research.

Service Learning in Teachers and Students Mentoring for 2020 Bebras Challenge in Pandemic Era at Maranatha Bebras Bureau Christian University

Bebras Challenge is a competition for elementary to high school students to educate informatics and computational thinking, followed by sixty countries all over the world. Bebras Indonesia Community in coordination with the International Bebras Committee holds the challenge yearly. Indonesia has participated in the Bebras Challenge since 2016. Faculty of Information Technology Maranatha Christian University as a Bebras Bureau has also been involved in the challenge since 2016. To prepare students for Bebras Challenge, Maranatha Bebras Bureau holds a teacher workshop yearly. The Teacher Workshop supports teachers to strengthen students in practicing Bebras tasks. Data on students who participated in the Bebras Challenge at Maranatha Bebras Bureau indicates increasing numbers from 2016 until 2020. This paper describes a service learning for mentoring teachers and students in the Bebras Challenge, which was held in the pandemic year 2020. Teacher mentoring was using a service learning approach, where the lecturers provided training to the teachers and then the teachers would share their knowledge back to their students. There were advantages and disadvantages of the execution during the pandemic. Although in a distance learning condition, teachers and students were still enthusiastic to participate in Bebras Challenge. The number of students who followed the 2020 Bebras Challenge nearly five times compared to 2019 in the Maranatha Bebras Bureau. The scores of elementary school students who followed the challenge showed very good results. On the other side, the results of junior and senior high school students were not as good as the scores of elementary school students.

Creative Digital Marketing and Advanced Internetworking Assistance Programs for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Buah Batu District Bandung

Digital media can support Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise (MSME) businesses to increase brand awareness of their products, so they can gain competitive advantages and reach a broader market. Unfortunately, not all MSME businesses have the capabilities to utilize digital media to support their businesses. The MSMEs in Buah Batu district face problems that can not be resolved by conventional marketing methods, such as lack of brand awareness and drop in sales which results in the decrease of their revenues and profits. This Community Service aims to improve the MSME's knowledge and skills on creative digital marketing strategy and their understanding of the marketplace so they can create online stores for their businesses. Online stores make it feasible for those MSMEs to broaden their market reach. For the problems related to the IT area, the team will provide network training. The method applied was the service-learning approach. The results of this community service are that the MSMEs in Buah Batu District are capable to create their online shops, promote their products through the marketplace and social media and finally increase their revenues. The output of these community service activities is the design of MSME product packaging and website.

Using service-learning approach for promoting higher order thinking skills among Pakistani pre-service teachers

Modern educational pedagogies emphasize that teaching and learning frameworks should be designed to promote essential skills among students and develop their higher order thinking skills and the real-world application of those skills. In this milieu, service-learning is an emerging approach in education that best meets this need. Although much work exists on service-learning in developing students' social, moral, and citizenship potential, there is a lack of research that highlights the role of service-learning and its potential to promote high order thinking skills among pre-service teachers. This study attempts to extensively examine the role of service-learning in promoting high-order thinking skills among pre-service teachers. For this purpose, an integrated approach of Queensland University's higher order thinking guidelines was compared and contrasted as a framework with service-learning approach. The analysis and literature review showed that said the guidelines can be adopted using service-learning approach to promote higher order thinking skills of pre-service teachers. Therefore, the framework is proposed to be integrated into a service-learning course in higher education. The guidelines provide a five steps process for developing higher order thinking skills among teacher education students. The study results provide teacher educators with more practical ways to implement a more active and purposeful teaching and learning environment that encourages higher order thinking among pre-service teachers.