Start Date
1-6-2009 3:35 PM
End Date
1-6-2009 3:50 PM
Description
Lingnan University is the first University in Hong Kong to set up an Office of Service-Learning that echoes its long-standing motto, ‘Education for Service’. Our mission, following the same tradition enacted in the 70s by the US leading universities, is not only to develop able scholars, but also to serve our community with the knowledge learned in classrooms. Service-Learning seeks to provide a vital university-community link through which students can find meanings in academic pursuits and in helping those in need. Serving in real life situations also facilitates students’ learning in lifelong commitments to community service, research and leadership. In the process of achieving these, students are also being nurtured in all our programs for a giving mentality – for which in time, they will become core fabrics of a harmonious community.
Recommended Citation
Chan, A. C. M. (2009, June). Service-learning in tertiary institutes: Nurturing a giving culture among U-students in Hong Kong. Paper presented at the 2nd Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning: Crossing borders, Making Connections: Service-Learning in Diverse Communities, Hong Kong and Guangzhou, China.
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Service-learning in tertiary institutes : nurturing a giving culture among U-students in Hong Kong
Lingnan University is the first University in Hong Kong to set up an Office of Service-Learning that echoes its long-standing motto, ‘Education for Service’. Our mission, following the same tradition enacted in the 70s by the US leading universities, is not only to develop able scholars, but also to serve our community with the knowledge learned in classrooms. Service-Learning seeks to provide a vital university-community link through which students can find meanings in academic pursuits and in helping those in need. Serving in real life situations also facilitates students’ learning in lifelong commitments to community service, research and leadership. In the process of achieving these, students are also being nurtured in all our programs for a giving mentality – for which in time, they will become core fabrics of a harmonious community.