"Classroom in Community: Serving the Elderly People, Learning from Senior Citizens" Community-Based Service Learning for Secondary Schools Students in Hong Kong

Autor/in	Kwok-bong, Chan
Titel	"Classroom in Community: Serving the Elderly People, Learning from Senior Citizens" Community-Based Service Learning for Secondary Schools Students in Hong Kong
Quelle	In: New Horizons in Education, 57 (2009) 3, S.42-56 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1683-1381
Schlagwörter	Community Services; Secondary Schools; Altruism; Service Learning; Older Adults; Foreign Countries; Learning Activities; Caregivers; Helping Relationship; Intergenerational Programs; Educational Principles; Curriculum Development; Community Surveys; Social Support Groups; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gemeindenahe Versorgung; Sekundarschule; Altruistic behavior; Altruismus; Service-Learning; Älterer Erwachsener; Ausland; Lernaktivität; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Helfende Beziehung; Bildungsprinzip; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Hongkong
Abstract	Background: In recent years, more and more secondary schools in Hong Kong begin to employ service learning in designing student learning activities. A vast majority of these attempts is developed based on the philanthropic ideas of altruism, love and care; it involves serving elderly people living in the elderly homes far away from the school community. While it is quite right to say that both the students and the elderly people benefit from these projects; the connection of these students to their community, as well as the student learning from the senior citizens in these projects are still in question. In other words, there is a missing linkage between student learning and the community in these philanthropic service learning projects. Aims or focus of discussion: In this paper, we suggest to bridge this missing linkage with the concept "classroom in community" to connect students, and their learning, with the community. Arguments/comments/suggestion: Based on the service learning curriculum derived by us with local secondary schools, we will illustrate how "classroom in community" could facilitate students to learn from and learn for their community, and to act with the community to co-produce public goods. Examples of community based services for elderly people will be used to further elaborate how students could initiate community services through collective dialogues with the community, in these cases, to get connected with their community by serving the elderly people and learning from them as senior citizens. Conclusion: A summary of the characteristics of the approach of classroom in community to service learning is suggested to conclude the paper. (Contains 2 diagrams and 1 footnote.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10