Location

MD214, Paul Cardinal Shen Medical Building, Fu Jen University

Start Date

29-5-2015 10:40 AM

End Date

29-5-2015 11:50 AM

Description

Service learning, involving college students in community service, has become a need for enhancing their learning in Taiwan. However, despite the increasing numbers of service-learning has been provided from Taiwan universities to the communities, there is limited research findings of what the influences of service-learning, especially in overseas or international service learning, on college students learning experience and their whole person development. To evaluate college students’ changes of joining overseas service learning, this study compared the scales of the experience of service learning, personal growth, interpersonal growth, intellectual growth, and responsibility of citizenship from 49 college students of Fu Jen Catholic University. The results of the study revealed that most of above -mentioned variables had positive and significant changes. To sum up, joining overseas service learning would deepen college students' experience of service learning and facilitate them toward positive development.

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Pan, R.-J., Chen, K.-H., Tu, M.-J., Su, Y., Chwo, M.-J., & Shen, R.-S. (2015, May). The influence of joining overseas service learning on college students' service learning experience and whole person development. 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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May 29th, 10:40 AM May 29th, 11:50 AM

The influence of joining overseas service learning on college students' service learning experience and whole person development

MD214, Paul Cardinal Shen Medical Building, Fu Jen University

Service learning, involving college students in community service, has become a need for enhancing their learning in Taiwan. However, despite the increasing numbers of service-learning has been provided from Taiwan universities to the communities, there is limited research findings of what the influences of service-learning, especially in overseas or international service learning, on college students learning experience and their whole person development. To evaluate college students’ changes of joining overseas service learning, this study compared the scales of the experience of service learning, personal growth, interpersonal growth, intellectual growth, and responsibility of citizenship from 49 college students of Fu Jen Catholic University. The results of the study revealed that most of above -mentioned variables had positive and significant changes. To sum up, joining overseas service learning would deepen college students' experience of service learning and facilitate them toward positive development.