Location
MD215, Paul Cardinal Shen Medical Building, Fu Jen University
Start Date
28-5-2015 4:30 PM
End Date
28-5-2015 5:40 PM
Description
Background
With a motto of "Education for Service," Lingnan University is a unique liberal arts institution in Hong Kong. In 2006, Lingnan University established the Office of Service-Learning (OSL) to embody its university's motto and encourage students to apply their academic knowledge through an engagement in the community. The Yunnan Service Trip, organized by the OSL's Mainland and International Service-Learning Program (MISLP), is just one of the ways in which Lingnan students can engage in the community and connect their service experiences with their academic knowledge. Over the last seven years, Lingnan University has collaborated with Deloitte and organizations in Yunnan to establish a Service-Learning partnership. This partnership allows Lingnan students the opportunity to engage in international Service-Learning. Throughout the trip, university students apply their academic knowledge to teach primary school students in Yunnan, a poor area, about educational topics and life attitudes.
Objective
To understand how the Yunnan Service Trip, an international Service-Learning opportunity, can impact students' learning and whole-person development.
Research Method
Qualitative research methods, such as individual interviews and reflective essays, were used to investigate student participants' learning impacts, along with their whole-person development, after the Yunnan Service Trip. The research aims to investigate students' attitude, awareness and behavioral change, as a result of being a participant in the Yunnan Service Trip. The study examines students' whole-person development based upon relevant domains in the Intended Learning Outcomes (7 Domains), which was created by the OSL to evaluate students' overall learning and development after Service-Learning experiences.
Results
The international model of Service-Learning is a relatively new concept in Hong Kong and Asia. This research shows the positive effects of students' engagement in an international Service-Learning context. The Yunnan Service Trip has been beneficial in increasing students' communication skills, social competence and knowledge of sustainable development.
Recommended Citation
Li, Y. L. Y. (2015, May). The Yunnan service trip: Sharing, serving and connecting. Paper presented at the 5th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning: Love Journey: Community Engagement through Service-Learning, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan.
Included in
The Yunnan service trip : sharing, serving and connecting
MD215, Paul Cardinal Shen Medical Building, Fu Jen University
Background
With a motto of "Education for Service," Lingnan University is a unique liberal arts institution in Hong Kong. In 2006, Lingnan University established the Office of Service-Learning (OSL) to embody its university's motto and encourage students to apply their academic knowledge through an engagement in the community. The Yunnan Service Trip, organized by the OSL's Mainland and International Service-Learning Program (MISLP), is just one of the ways in which Lingnan students can engage in the community and connect their service experiences with their academic knowledge. Over the last seven years, Lingnan University has collaborated with Deloitte and organizations in Yunnan to establish a Service-Learning partnership. This partnership allows Lingnan students the opportunity to engage in international Service-Learning. Throughout the trip, university students apply their academic knowledge to teach primary school students in Yunnan, a poor area, about educational topics and life attitudes.
Objective
To understand how the Yunnan Service Trip, an international Service-Learning opportunity, can impact students' learning and whole-person development.
Research Method
Qualitative research methods, such as individual interviews and reflective essays, were used to investigate student participants' learning impacts, along with their whole-person development, after the Yunnan Service Trip. The research aims to investigate students' attitude, awareness and behavioral change, as a result of being a participant in the Yunnan Service Trip. The study examines students' whole-person development based upon relevant domains in the Intended Learning Outcomes (7 Domains), which was created by the OSL to evaluate students' overall learning and development after Service-Learning experiences.
Results
The international model of Service-Learning is a relatively new concept in Hong Kong and Asia. This research shows the positive effects of students' engagement in an international Service-Learning context. The Yunnan Service Trip has been beneficial in increasing students' communication skills, social competence and knowledge of sustainable development.