Location

MD202, Paul Cardinal Shen Medical Building, Fu Jen University

Start Date

29-5-2015 4:20 PM

End Date

29-5-2015 5:30 PM

Description

Service-Learning is a new pedagogy developed in Hong Kong, which deepens students' learning through service experiences and reflective activities. Direct Service-Learning projects and programs, where students have face-to-face interactions with service recipients, are the most common type of Service-Learning experience. However, these direct Service -Learning projects are not the only means to enhancing students' learning. While in-direct Service-Learning projects and programs are often also carried out in academic settings in Asia, there is not much emphasis placed on students' conducting community-based research, or CBR.

Community-based research is another method for students to apply the core values of Service-Learning. As a result, the Young Scholars' (YS) Community-Based Research Program was organized by the Office of Service-Learning (OSL) at Lingnan University to equip undergraduate students with research skills and encourage them to address social issues through their research findings. This research will demonstrate how Service-Learning relates and connects to community-based research. The Young Scholars' (YS) Community-Based Research Program, along with a participants' research, entitled "Using Braille Label and/or Quick Response (QR) for Elderly with Visual Impairments," which works with NGOs and proposed social enterprise called "VI Present 視信站", will serve as a case study for how undergraduate community-based research can be another means for students to engage in a Service-Learning experience or project and better understand related social issues.

The Young Scholars' (YS) Community-Based Research Program is in its second year, with 4 student participants in each cohort and/or year. Each student engaged in community-based research with a different focus and topic. Based on qualitative data, the Young Scholars' (YS) Community-Based Research Program has been shown to enhance students' research skills, social responsibility and community engagement, while also helping to build greater campus-community partnerships.

Recommended Citation

Ng, W. Y. W. (2015, May). The connection between service-learning and community-based research. 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, 4:20 PM May 29th, 5:30 PM

The connection between service-learning and community-based research

MD202, Paul Cardinal Shen Medical Building, Fu Jen University

Service-Learning is a new pedagogy developed in Hong Kong, which deepens students' learning through service experiences and reflective activities. Direct Service-Learning projects and programs, where students have face-to-face interactions with service recipients, are the most common type of Service-Learning experience. However, these direct Service -Learning projects are not the only means to enhancing students' learning. While in-direct Service-Learning projects and programs are often also carried out in academic settings in Asia, there is not much emphasis placed on students' conducting community-based research, or CBR.

Community-based research is another method for students to apply the core values of Service-Learning. As a result, the Young Scholars' (YS) Community-Based Research Program was organized by the Office of Service-Learning (OSL) at Lingnan University to equip undergraduate students with research skills and encourage them to address social issues through their research findings. This research will demonstrate how Service-Learning relates and connects to community-based research. The Young Scholars' (YS) Community-Based Research Program, along with a participants' research, entitled "Using Braille Label and/or Quick Response (QR) for Elderly with Visual Impairments," which works with NGOs and proposed social enterprise called "VI Present 視信站", will serve as a case study for how undergraduate community-based research can be another means for students to engage in a Service-Learning experience or project and better understand related social issues.

The Young Scholars' (YS) Community-Based Research Program is in its second year, with 4 student participants in each cohort and/or year. Each student engaged in community-based research with a different focus and topic. Based on qualitative data, the Young Scholars' (YS) Community-Based Research Program has been shown to enhance students' research skills, social responsibility and community engagement, while also helping to build greater campus-community partnerships.