The Role of Technology: Community Based Service-Learning Projects on Ethical Development

Autor/in	Ruso, Nazenin
Titel	The Role of Technology: Community Based Service-Learning Projects on Ethical Development
Quelle	In: Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 11 (2012) 3, S.375-385 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1303-6521
Schlagwörter	Action Research; Teaching Methods; Ethics; Empathy; Moral Development; Service Learning; Undergraduate Students; Semi Structured Interviews; Influence of Technology; Role Perception; Pretests Posttests; Ethical Instruction; Community Education; Technology Uses in Education; Reflection; Social Responsibility; Foreign Countries; Student Diversity; Cyprus + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Projektforschung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ethik; Empathie; Moralische Entwicklung; Service-Learning; Role conception; Rollenverständnis; Ethics instruction; Teaching of ethics; Ethikunterricht; ; Gemeinschaftserziehung; Nachbarschaftserziehung; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Soziale Verantwortung; Ausland; Zypern
Abstract	This study explores the utility of CBSL (community based service-learning) projects as a teaching method of ethics which this process supported by online communication tools in order to enhance progress of service learning and ethical development of undergraduate students and gather data during the research process. This study consists of an action research project and it employs case study method as it attempts to explore a unique phenomenon (CBSL projects) in Eastern Mediterranean University. Triangulation, which involves different methods to gather information, were preferred and the desired data were collected through pre-test, post-test, reflective papers and semi-structured interviews. This research identifies the critical question in the affective domain of learning such as the possibility of affecting students' ethical values in undergraduate years. The results of this study are noteworthy and clearly reflect that CBSL projects lead empowering and worthwhile experiences. Major findings are suggestive of a positive change basically in students' moral development, future awareness and empathy due to CBSL exposure. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Sakarya University. Esentepe Campus, Adapazari 54000, Turkey. Tel: +90-505-2431868; Fax: +90-264-6141034; e-mail: tojet@sakarya.edu.tr; Web site: http://www.tojet.net
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10