Service Learning Questionnaire

This questionnaire aims to evaluate your experience of taking part in the project you are carrying out at the university. The questionnaire is anonymous and will not take more than 10 minutes of your time to complete. We would appreciate your honest opinion, in order that the data we gather here can be as useful as possible for improving the project.

Service Learning Questionnaire

This questionnaire aims to evaluate your experience of taking part in the project you are carrying out at the university. The questionnaire is anonymous and will not take more than 10 minutes of your time to complete. We would appreciate your honest opinion, in order that the data we gather here can be as useful as possible for improving the project.

Service Learning Questionnaire

This questionnaire aims to evaluate your experience of taking part in the project you are carrying out at the university. The questionnaire is anonymous and will not take more than 10 minutes of your time to complete. We would appreciate your honest opinion, in order that the data we gather here can be as useful as possible for improving the project.

The role of motivational systems in community service involvement : initiating and sustaining factors and quality of experience /

Community service participation can have a positive impact on development, especially for youth. Although researchers have found positive outcomes, there has been a notable decline in youth participation over the past few years (Statistics Canada, 2000). Given the positive outcomes and current decline, it has been argued that youth should be encouraged to get involved in service activities. In the present study, quantitative and qualitative data were collected to determine factors that would help youth to initiate and sustain service, along with examining the quality of their experience. Eighty-two university undergraduate students (23 men), ranging in age from 17-20 years completed a 60-minute self-report questionnaire. Initiating and sustaining factors, motivational systems (similar to approach and avoidance dimensions), activity dimensions {Structure, Supportive Social Environment), quality of experience {Positive, Stress-Challenge), and future intention to participate in community service were measured. Eight participants also completed a 20-minute telephone interview to complement and expand on the quantitative data collected. Some initiating and sustaining factors were specific to individuals higher on the avoidance dimension, while others were relevant to those higher on the approach dimension. Several factors also were important to individuals regardless of their motivational system orientation. Positive quality of experience was related positively to experiencing a supportive social environment. In addition, women rated their community service as more positive than did men. A predicted interaction between the avoidance dimension and Structure in predicting positive quality of experience was not supported; however, positive quality of experience was predicted by the interaction of the approach dimension and Structure. A tested interaction between the avoidance dimension and Supportive Social Environment in predicting positive quality of experience was not supported. Similarly, a predicted interaction between the approach dimension and Supportive Social Environment in predicting positive experience quality was not supported. However, Supportive Social Environment was positively related to positive quality of experience. No support was found for a mediational role for positive quality of experience or stress-challenge quality of experience in exploring the relation between motivational orientation and fiiture intention to engage in service activities. The results of this study suggest that participating in a service environment that is supportive and provides the opportunity for social interactions with others would promote positive quality of experience and help youth sustain involvement. Thus, to help youth have positive experiences and to remain active in service, it is important for service agencies to promote these types of environments. In addition, some initiating and sustaining factors were specific to youth higher on the avoidance dimension and some were relevant to youth higher on the approach dimension. Therefore, service agencies may need to consider using different recruitment and retention strategies, depending on the type of youth they wish to recruit.

Examining Mentoring within a Particular Service Learning Context

My goal for this research project was to explore the levels of mentoring within a disability-focused service learning context known as the Special Needs Activity Program (SNAP). At present, research on mentoring within specific service learning contexts remains largely unexamined. In an effort to assess service learning and mentoring, I completed a comparative case study across three distinct years of SNAP. Undergraduate student leaders, known as coordinators, organize and implement SNAP as a thesis project. I focused specifically on the mentoring experience of particular coordinators of SNAP. My thesis presents and describes the findings of several levels of analysis across three SNAP coordinator cohorts. The analysis focused on key words, idiomatic expressions, patterns and dissonances. In my conclusion, I offer three metaphors that describe mentoring within the SNAP experience and relate these to my discussion about how mentoring functions as a component of service learning.

Investigation of Changes in Prescribed and Voluntary Job Roles in Community Service Delivery for People who have Intellectual Disabilities after the Implementation of the 3 Rs; Rights, Respect and Responsibility Project

The purpose of this thesis was to explore whether there is change in organizational citizenship behaviours in community agency staff following agency adoption of a rights - based service philosophy. Four community agency support staff were interviewed to investigate how residential care providers in services for persons who have intellectual disabilities describe their voluntary job related behaviours following training about human rights. The major finding was that the participants were actively engaged in displaying civic virtue, courtesy, and altruism discretionary behaviours. There was evidence of a post rights training shift in communication patterns with support staff reporting that they used language that prom,oted and advocated for human rights, and reported increased communication exchanges among persons supported by the agency, support staff and managers. Participants also suggested that the individuals they support asserted their rights more frequently and they were more active in their own life choices following rights training.

Service Learning in Higher Education: A Road Map

As institutions of higher education struggle to stay relevant, competitive, accessible, and flexible, they are scrambling to attend to a shift in focus for new students. This shift involves experiential learning. The purpose of this major research paper was to examine the existing structures, to seek gaps in the experiential learning programs, and to devise a framework to move forward. The specific focus was on experiential learning at Brock University in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences. The methodology was underscored with cognitive constructivism and appreciative theory. Data collection involved content analysis steps established by Krippendorff (2004) and Weber (1985). Data analysis involved the four dimensions of reflection designed by LaBoskey, including the purpose, context, content, and procedures. The results developed understandings on the state of formal processes and pathways within service learning. A tool kit was generated that defines service learning and offers an overview of the types of service learning typically employed. The tool kit acts as a reference guide for those interested in implementing experiential learning courses. Importantly, the results also provided 10 key points in experiential learning courses by Emily Allan. A flow chart illustrates the connections among each of the 10 points, and then they are described in full to establish a strategy for the way forward in experiential learning.

Service-learning o aprendizaje-servicio: la apertura de la escuela a la comunidad local como propuesta de educaci??n para la ciudadan??a

Resumen tomado de la publicaci??n

Service-Learning o aprendizaje-servicio : una propuesta de incorporación curricular del voluntariado.

1.- Ofrecer una serie de claves que permitan una aproximación interdisciplinar al fenómeno del voluntariado sin limitarse a una comprensión puramente jurídica, histórica o económica, y tratar así de ofrecer un concepto más integrador, y consecuentemente más abarcador y global de la solidaridad organizada y su comprensión en la actualidad. 2.- Contemplar las posibilidades pedagógicas que se desprenden de la integración de las actuaciones voluntarias en el aula. Para ello, se ofrece el estado de la cuestión en esta materia y se presenta una herramienta para hacer de ello una realidad: el Service-Learning o Aprendizaje-Servicio. Consta de dos partes: 1.- 'Una aproximación interdisciplinar al estudio del voluntariado', constituye un recorrido por las diversas perspectivas interdisciplinares que se ocupan del estudio del voluntariado. 2.- 'Una propuesta de integración escolar del voluntariado. El Service-Learning o Aprendizaje-Servicio'. Se atiende la propuesta pedagógica del Service-Learning como instrumento de incorporación curricular de las experiencias de volutariado. Conclusiones primera parte: 1.- La colaboración social y el servicio gratuito a personas necesitadas y a comunidades es un comportamiento humano que ha existido desde la antigüedad y que está arraigado en la condición del ser humano. 2.- El sometimiento de la colaboración social gratuita al Derecho responde a una creciente tendencia reguladora de las actuaciones humanas en general que aumenta desde la consolidación del Estado Social y de Derecho. 3.- Son muchos los que se refieren hoy a la crisis generalizada de la participación y de la clara recesión de las formas asociativas tradicionales. 4.- La reflexión sobre las implicaciones éticas implícitas en las actuaciones humanas en general, y en las labores de solidaridad en particular, adquiere hoy por hoy una centralidad significativa, por considerar que resulta fundamental atender a los principios éticos que han de regir las prácticas de colaboración social. 5.- La participación de los ciudadanos en actividades de voluntariado tiene importantes repercusiones educativas y constituye una escuela de valores. Conclusiones segunda parte: 1.- El término de Service-Learning posee límites ambiguos y lleva implícita la complejidad en su comprensión. 2.- Entre los componentes ineludibles de un proyecto de SL se incluyen sin excepción dos: el 'servicio a la comunidad' y 'la integración curricular del servicio'. 3.- Los proyectos SL, se apoyan en el establecimiento de partenariados entre la institución escolar y las organizaciones de la comunidad. 4.- A pesar de las potencialidades educativas del SL, tiene también varias limitaciones. 5.- En la última década, el Service-Learning se enfrenta a un nuevo reto: la generalización de su empleo en el sistema educativo de otros países.

International Service-Learning and the Development of Civic Identity: Understanding the Role of Short-Term International Service-Learning and its Influence on the Development of Civic Identity in College Students Using a Mixed Methodological Approach

Higher education has a responsibility to educate a democratic citizenry and recent research indicates civic engagement is on the decline in the United States. Through a mixed methodological approach, I demonstrate that the potential exists for well structured short-term international service-learning programming to develop college students’ civic identities. Quantitative analysis of questionnaire data, collected from American college students immediately prior to their participation in a short-term service-learning experience in Northern Ireland and again upon their return to the United States, revealed increases in civic accountability, political efficacy, justice oriented citizenship, and service-learning. Subsequent qualitative analysis of interview transcripts, student journals, and field notes suggested that facilitated critical reflection before, during, and after the experience promoted transformational learning. Emergent themes included: (a) responsibilities to others, (b) the value of international service-learning, (c) crosspollination of ideas, (d) stepping outside the daily routine to facilitate divergent thinking, and (e) the necessity of precursory thinking for sustaining transformations in thinking. The first theme, responsibilities to others, was further divided into subthemes of thinking beyond oneself, raising awareness of responsibility to others, and voting responsibly.

Traffic offenders and community service sentencing: an overview. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Community service restitution programs for alcohol related traffic offenders. Volume I - the 5 As of community service.

Mode of access: Internet.

Community service restitution programs for alcohol related traffic offenders. Volume II - case studies and resource materials.

Mode of access: Internet.

Community service restitution programs for alcohol related traffic offenders. Volume III - bibliographies.

Mode of access: Internet.