scholarly journals Do Service Learning and Active-Citizenship Learning Support Our Students to Live a Culture of Democracy?

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid Geier ◽  
Ulla Hasager
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Research Report ◽  
Active Citizenship ◽  
Civic Attitudes ◽  
University Of Hawai'i ◽  
The University ◽  
Citizenship Learning ◽  
Civic Mindedness ◽  
The Impact

Civic thinking and civic attitude require values and norms for social togetherness and social engagement. Service learning and active-citizenship learning are high-impact pedagogies, well-documented as supporting civic-mindedness and a culture of democracy sustainably. Though our study is part of a broader research project, this brief research report already documents the impact of the two pedagogies on civic-mindedness and students' democratic awareness. Through a mixed-method design we implemented a quantitative survey (7 level Likert Scale) of undergraduate student learning outcomes of service learning with 55 students from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa and 41 students practicing active-citizenship learning at Salzburg University of Teacher Education. We found that the two pedagogies significantly support students' democratic awareness and civic attitudes. In addition to the survey, a qualitative analysis is in progress based on 23 focus group discussions, conducted to detail how the students experience themselves when they take on social responsibility, e.g., when they actively participate in improving their society. Our mixed, but narrowly focused, approach combined with well-established measuring tools and scales is a first study of how to assess Attitudes, one of the four fundamental principles of the Council of Europe‘s Competency Model for a Democratic Culture.

scholarly journals VAL-U: Psychometric properties of a Values and Civic Attitudes Scale for University Students’ Service-Learning

2022 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yolanda Ruiz-Ordóñez ◽  
Amparo Salcedo-Mateu ◽  
Ángel Turbi ◽  
Carlos Novella ◽  
Carmen Moret-Tatay
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
University Students ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
High Reliability ◽  
Large Body ◽  
Vast Number ◽  
Civic Attitudes ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe service-learning disciplines can offer a unique opportunity for civic development in university students, as there is a large body of research that links it to values and civic attitudes including a vast number of ecological issues and citizen variables. Moreover, one should bear in mind that these students are future generations that will face many pressing social and environmental issues. Given the need to develop instruments to measure the impact of a service-learning methodology in university students’ values as well as civic attitudes, VAL-U is proposed. As the university can be considered a learning step prior to the professional field, the main objective of this study was to analyse the internal consistency and factor structure of the proposed VAL-U scale in the Spanish population. The scale confirmed acceptable psychometric properties. Furthermore, the results have shown high reliability and optimal goodness of fit. Promising results are offered to employ VAL-U as a valuable tool for assessing Values and Civic Attitudes Scale for Spanish-speaking University Students’ Service-Learning.

Library Impact Research Report: Understanding and Communicating Research Impact: The Needs of STEM and Health Sciences Faculty and Postdoctoral Researchers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Negeen Aghassibake ◽  
Lynly Beard ◽  
Jackie Belanger ◽  
Diana Louden ◽  
Robin Chin Roemer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research Impact ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Report ◽  
Library Impact ◽  
The University ◽  
Postdoctoral Researchers ◽  
Impact Framework ◽  
The Impact

As part of ARL’s Research Library Impact Framework initiative, the University of Washington (UW) Libraries explored UW faculty and postdoctoral researcher needs for understanding and communicating the impact of their work, with a focus on researchers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and health sciences fields. The project was designed to understand the challenges researchers face in this area, identify how participants in these fields define and measure impact, and explore their priorities for research-impact support. The project team conducted a survey and follow-up interviews to investigate these questions. This research report presents the project team’s methodology, findings, and recommendations for future research.

scholarly journals Service-Learning Cross-Cultural Collaboration: Sustainable Actions in an Elementary School, Bagaces, Costa Rica

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-115
Author(s):  
Caroline Murrie Clevenger ◽  
Katharine Leigh
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Collaborative Problem Solving ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Learning Opportunity ◽  
Professional Programs ◽  
Student Values ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

This paper examines the impact of the experience and learning outcomes from a problem-based service-learning opportunity carried out within the context of a travel course focused on sustainable design and construction. Through a partnership between professional programs from two institutions of higher education, students from XXX University travel to Costa Rica to meet their learning partners from the University of Costa Rica. During the travel course students participate in a service-learning project. The experience successfully emphasizes the power of service-learning to impact student values and thinking, reinforcing social and civic responsibility. As a mechanism to achieve cross-cultural understanding, this service-learning opportunity successfully invites exchange and appreciation of similarities as well as differences through collaborative problem solving, deepening student motivation to learn.

scholarly journals Assessing the societal value of a service-learning project in information studies during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Michela Montesi ◽  
Pablo Parra Valero ◽  
María Antonia Ovalle Perandones ◽  
María Sacristán Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Educational Value ◽  
Societal Value ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Varied Range ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this work is to assess the societal value of a Service-Learning (SL) project carried out during the Covid-19 pandemic by the Faculty of Information Science of the *⁣** University of *⁣** in collaboration with two Senior Centers of the City of *⁣**. The aim of the project was to support elderly’s integration in the online activities carried out during the Covid-19 pandemic and to train them in the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). The analysis of societal value is based on a case study and a varied range of data whose purpose is to provide multiple insights into the experience, emphasizing communicative processes. The results corroborate the educational value of experiential learning for students, although the impact on the community appears limited by the role of consumers of a service that participating elderly ended up playing. The evaluation of the project by the faculty leading the activities was corroborated by the institutional partner and provides evidence of the capacity for societal transformation of higher education institutions.

scholarly journals The impact of service-learning methodology on business schools’ students worldwide: A systematic literature review

PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. e0244389
Author(s):  
Marta Marco-Gardoqui ◽  
Almudena Eizaguirre ◽  
María García-Feijoo
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Resource Information ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this research is to perform a systematic review of the literature published on the benefits of applying the service-learning methodology with business students. Several works and studies identify significant contributions that are important to the student’s profile; however, a systematic review of the benefits derived from the methodology application in the profile previously described has not yet been conducted. The main objective of this study is to gather, identify, and classify evidence from 32 studies conducted across global business schools regarding the benefits of service-learning in university students. The applied methodology follows the “Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses” statement for systematic reviews. The studies were extracted from the World of Science, Scopus, and Educational Resource Information Center databases and were analyzed according to the suggested objectives. The suggested systematic review provides a rigorous analysis of academic literature on the benefits of service learning in the student’s personal, social, academic, and civic environment. A theoretical framework that combines all gathered benefits from the 32 studies has been suggested in these pages, by means of grouping these benefits into four categories considering prior research on the academic, personal, social, and citizenship outcomes. Several quantitative, qualitative, and mixed studies support the benefits of this methodology, focusing on the student’s profile development. We found that students enjoy plenty of outcomes after participating in the service-learning experience, thus, the most frequent outcome is greater social engagement. With more than 4,000 students involved in the total analyzed studies, we present a list of ranked outcomes that reflects and supports the strength of the methodology. Through this study, institutions as well as teachers may be aware of the potential present in this methodology. Our study also suggested a framework for university coordinators to act.

LEAD Testimonials

2020 ◽  
pp. 323-345
Author(s):  
Alyssa N. Palazzolo
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Secondary Teacher ◽  
Life Long Learning ◽  
Diverse Student Populations ◽  
Master's Thesis ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

Through service-learning courses, the University of Windsor's Faculty of Education seeks to provide meaningful learning opportunities in different areas of education for teacher candidates. This chapter includes a summary of a Master's thesis research study that, in part, explored the impact of the experiences secondary teacher candidates had in the L.E.A.D. Program, and how their experience impacted their efficacy with diverse student populations. The important themes that emerged from their reported experiences were practical experience, empathy and understanding, social learning, and life-long learning. This chapter also includes a compilation of testimonials from both elementary and secondary teacher candidates that were collected at various points after their graduation.

scholarly journals VAL-U: Psychometric properties of a Values and Civic Attitudes Scale for University Students’ Service-Learning

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yolanda Ruiz-Ordóñez ◽  
Amparo Salcedo Mateu ◽  
Ángel Manuel Turbi-Pinazo ◽  
Carlos Novella-García ◽  
Carmen Moret-Tatay
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
University Students ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
High Reliability ◽  
Large Body ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Vast Number ◽  
Civic Attitudes ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background: The service-learning disciplines can offer a unique opportunity for civic development in university students, as there is a large body of research that links them to values and civic attitudes regarding a vast number of ecological issues and citizen variables. Moreover, one should bear in mind that these students are future generations that will face many pressing social and environmental issues of a citizen nature. Methods: given the need to develop instruments to measure the impact of a learning-service methodology in university students’ values as well as civic attitudes, as the University can be considered a learning step prior to the professional field, the current scale was proposed for the Spanish University population. The main objective of this study was to analyse the internal consistency and factor structure of the proposed VAL-U scale in the Spanish population. Results: The scale confirmed good psychometric properties. Furthermore, the results have shown high reliability and optimal goodness of fit indices. Conclusions: the VAL-U scale might be considered a valuable tool for assessing resilience in the Values and Civic Attitudes Scale for Spanish-speaking University Students’ Service-Learning.

scholarly journals The Impact of a Community-University Collaboration: Opening the “Black Box”

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynne Siemens
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Graduate Program ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Academic Program ◽  
Social Challenges ◽  
Complex Organization ◽  
The Social ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACTWithin the Social Economy, universities are working with community representatives to undertake research projects, service learning opportunities, and increasingly, academic program development, all with the objective of addressing social challenges. As many are quick to caution, the community is actually a sum of its various actors, interests, accountabilities and needs, which university staff and faculty must work to understand. Like the community, the university is a complex organization with politics, conflicts, tensions, and competing goals and objectives. Within this larger context, these various components, focusing on government, academic and administrative stakeholders, will impact and may even limit aspects of a collaboration between the university and its community partners. Through examination of a case study related to a graduate program, which was collaboratively developed between the university and community representatives, this article will identify and explore those accountabilities and the resulting impact on the collaboration. It will conclude withrecommendations for similar partnerships.RÉSUMÉDans l’économie sociale, les universités travaillent de pair avec des représentants de la communauté pour lancer des projets de recherche, créer des occasions d’apprentissage par le service et, de plus en plus, développer des programmes d’études universitaires; tout cela dans le but de régler des défis sociaux. Beaucoup s’empressent de formuler une mise en garde : la communauté est en réalité la somme des divers acteurs, intérêts, responsabilités et besoins qui la composent, ce que les membres du personnel et les facultés des universités doivent tenter de comprendre par leur travail. Au même titre qu’une communauté, une université est une organisation complexe constituée de politiques, de conflits, de tensions ainsi que d’objectifs concurrents. Dans ce contexte large, ces diverses composantes, en particulier les intervenants gouvernementaux, universitaires et administratifs, auront des conséquences sur la collaboration entre l’université et ses partenaires communautaires, et peuvent même en limiter certains aspects. Cette étude définit et analyse ces responsabilités et leurs conséquences sur la collaboration par le moyen d’une étude de cas liée à un programme d’études supérieures développé grâce à la collaboration de l’université et des représentants de la communauté. L’étude se termine par des recommandations visant des partenariats similaires.

scholarly journals Impact of Demographic Factors on Consumer’s Purchasing Decision: A Study on the University Students of Peshawar Region

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-134
Author(s):  
IHSAN ULLAH ◽  
SALEEM ULLAH KHAN ◽  
MUHAMMAD IDREES
Keyword(s):  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Research Report ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Purchasing Decision ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Public And Private Sector ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

This research report is based on the factors affecting the purchasing decision of the students (consumers) of various public and private sector universities in Peshawar (Pakistan). The main objective of this study was to find out the impact of demographic factors such as gender, age and income on consumers purchasing decision. In this study the population was students of various private and public sector universities of Peshawar region. A sample of 250 students was drawn from population through proportionate random sampling technique. A questionnaire was designed and personally distributed among the subjects of sample. Independent samples T-test and ANOVA were used for data analysis. The findings lead to the conclusion that there is no significant relationship between consumers’ gender and age with purchasing decision while income of consumers significantly affects their purchasing decision.

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