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Autor/inn/en | Lau, Ka Hing; Chan, Maureen Yin Lee; Yeung, Cynthia Lok Sum; Snell, Robin Stanley |
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Titel | An Exploratory Study of the Community Impacts of Service-Learning |
Quelle | In: Metropolitan Universities, 32 (2021) 2, S.106-128 (23 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 1047-8485 |
Schlagwörter | Service Learning; School Community Relationship; College Students; Stakeholders; Community Organizations; Community Attitudes; Quality of Life; Program Effectiveness; Institutional Mission; Transfer of Training; Urban Universities; Foreign Countries; Hong Kong |
Abstract | Research on community impacts from service-learning has been scarce, yet this area is worth exploring in order to understand how and why service-learning can make a difference. The current research sought to validate a conceptual framework (Lau & Snell, 2020), which categorizes the impacts of service-learning on community partner organizations (CPOs) and on end-beneficiaries. Under the framework, impacts on end-beneficiaries can arise directly from service-learning interventions, but can also arise indirectly as a result of impacts on CPOs. For the research, semi-structured, one-to-one or focus group interviews were conducted with 13 CPO representatives, seeking their perceptions of positive and negative impacts of service-learning. Most described impacts were positive, including, for CPOs: achieving project goals to further the CPO's mission; augmenting resources of the CPO; and gaining knowledge, insights, ideas and techniques. These positive impacts for CPOs appear to reflect three factors: alignment between service-learning project goals and the CPO's mission; mutual recognition of students' potential for transferring knowledge from universities to CPOs; and mutual understanding of students' status as semi-outsiders, free to challenge existing practices or systems. Further studies can explore impacts from the end-beneficiary's perspective, and adopt longitudinal and action research approaches. (As Provided). |
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Update | 2024/1/01 |