Location
MD215, Paul Cardinal Shen Medical Building, Fu Jen University
Start Date
29-5-2015 1:30 PM
End Date
29-5-2015 2:40 PM
Description
Service-Learning(S-L) may enable participants to have more concerns for others and try to engage in the community as they find their roles. Global Service-Learning (GS-L) provided university students with the opportunity to experience global problems that were unfamiliar to them now, but will help motivate them to explore possible solutions for future use. Global citizenship is based not on the knowledge from books but on experience and engagement in real world situations. This study explores the experiences and learning of students who conducted GS-L outreach for two weeks in Mongolia. A survey instrument, follow-up discussions and reflective journals were used to assess their changes. Their responses showed that GS-L challenged them to have wider perspectives on this diverse world and motivated them to make wider community engagement as good global citizens. Students responded that they wanted to be more active participants i n global issue related programs and to learn foreign languages to communicate with diverse range of people in the world.
Recommended Citation
Ryu, S., & Jo, J. (2015, May). Global citizenship and community engagement through global service-learning. 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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Global citizenship and community engagement through global service-learning
MD215, Paul Cardinal Shen Medical Building, Fu Jen University
Service-Learning(S-L) may enable participants to have more concerns for others and try to engage in the community as they find their roles. Global Service-Learning (GS-L) provided university students with the opportunity to experience global problems that were unfamiliar to them now, but will help motivate them to explore possible solutions for future use. Global citizenship is based not on the knowledge from books but on experience and engagement in real world situations. This study explores the experiences and learning of students who conducted GS-L outreach for two weeks in Mongolia. A survey instrument, follow-up discussions and reflective journals were used to assess their changes. Their responses showed that GS-L challenged them to have wider perspectives on this diverse world and motivated them to make wider community engagement as good global citizens. Students responded that they wanted to be more active participants i n global issue related programs and to learn foreign languages to communicate with diverse range of people in the world.