Location
MD202, Paul Cardinal Shen Medical Building, Fu Jen University
Start Date
28-5-2015 1:30 PM
End Date
28-5-2015 2:40 PM
Description
The Junior Engagement Program (JEEP) is one of the four subcomponents of the Integrated Ateneo Formation (InAF) Programs. As a formation program designed for third year undergraduate students of the Ateneo de Manila University, it serves as the praxis component for the Philosophy of the Human Person class. This class is part of the core curriculum of the university, making this program mandatory for all its students. The JEEP program enables students to go beyond themselves by engaging with the "other," or those outside of their social milieu. This is done through their experience of labor in marginalized sectors. The program uses the image of a jeepney, the most common and cheapest form of transportation in the Philippines where an encounter and/or interaction with the 'other' occurs.
JEEP is pilot-testing several program innovations through the entry of service-learning. Different models are being designed and tested, in partnership with academic departments. There are two basic approaches in incorporating service -learning in JEEP. The first is service-learning (SL) as a credit-bearing experience, where students participate in activities that help a community or institution. These activities are related to their course content (Bringle & Hatcher, 1996). The other approach being practiced in JEEP is the discipline-based approach. The discipline-based (DB) approach is defined by Alzona (2013) as "an Ateneo approach to formation that makes use of knowledge and skills related to one’s discipline or course to serve development institutions and marginalized communities."
This paper shares the current initiatives taken by the program as it moves towards service-learning and discipline-based approaches. It will discuss the experiences of students with service-learning and discipline-based JEEP. It will also identify different challenges experienced by the program with the entry of service-learning and discipline-based approaches. Lastly, it will look at corresponding learning and recommendations for SL-DB JEEP.
Establishing service-learning and discipline-based approaches may have been far from easy in JEEP. But with small steps and continuous explorations being done, JEEP can be an innovative tool for service-learning.
Recommended Citation
Buñag, M. C. D., & Rodriguez, A. M. L. (2015, May). Biyaheng JEEP: A look into the SL-DB initiatives in the Junior Engagement Program (JEEP). Paper presented at the 5th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning: Love Journey: Community Engagement through Service-Learning, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan.
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Biyaheng JEEP : a look into the SL-DB initiatives in the Junior Engagement Program (JEEP)
MD202, Paul Cardinal Shen Medical Building, Fu Jen University
The Junior Engagement Program (JEEP) is one of the four subcomponents of the Integrated Ateneo Formation (InAF) Programs. As a formation program designed for third year undergraduate students of the Ateneo de Manila University, it serves as the praxis component for the Philosophy of the Human Person class. This class is part of the core curriculum of the university, making this program mandatory for all its students. The JEEP program enables students to go beyond themselves by engaging with the "other," or those outside of their social milieu. This is done through their experience of labor in marginalized sectors. The program uses the image of a jeepney, the most common and cheapest form of transportation in the Philippines where an encounter and/or interaction with the 'other' occurs.
JEEP is pilot-testing several program innovations through the entry of service-learning. Different models are being designed and tested, in partnership with academic departments. There are two basic approaches in incorporating service -learning in JEEP. The first is service-learning (SL) as a credit-bearing experience, where students participate in activities that help a community or institution. These activities are related to their course content (Bringle & Hatcher, 1996). The other approach being practiced in JEEP is the discipline-based approach. The discipline-based (DB) approach is defined by Alzona (2013) as "an Ateneo approach to formation that makes use of knowledge and skills related to one’s discipline or course to serve development institutions and marginalized communities."
This paper shares the current initiatives taken by the program as it moves towards service-learning and discipline-based approaches. It will discuss the experiences of students with service-learning and discipline-based JEEP. It will also identify different challenges experienced by the program with the entry of service-learning and discipline-based approaches. Lastly, it will look at corresponding learning and recommendations for SL-DB JEEP.
Establishing service-learning and discipline-based approaches may have been far from easy in JEEP. But with small steps and continuous explorations being done, JEEP can be an innovative tool for service-learning.