Service-Learning as Global Citizenship Education: Acting Locally on Global Challenges and Concerns

Autor/in	Adarlo, Genejane M.
Titel	Service-Learning as Global Citizenship Education: Acting Locally on Global Challenges and Concerns
Quelle	In: IAFOR Journal of Education, 8 (2020) 3, S.7-23 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2187-0594
Schlagwörter	Service Learning; Citizenship Education; Teaching Methods; Social Justice; Higher Education; Ethnography; Self Concept; Foreign Countries; Journal Writing; Student Attitudes; Literacy; Mothers; Health Education; Poverty; Disadvantaged; Socioeconomic Status; Political Influences; Personal Autonomy; Social Problems; Transformative Learning; College Students; Moral Development; Early Childhood Education; Majors (Students); Philippines (Manila) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Service-Learning; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ethnografie; Selbstkonzept; Ausland; Zeitschriftenaufsatz; Schülerverhalten; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Mother; Mutter; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Armut; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Individuelle Autonomie; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Pädagogische Transformation; Collegestudent; Moralische Entwicklung; Early childhood; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik
Abstract	Service-learning is a method of teaching that is increasingly used in higher education. Studies are few though on how local placements in service-learning can bring about global citizenship and promote social justice. Hence, this study used multi-sited ethnography to examine the teaching-learning process of service-learning to better understand the construction of civic identity and sense of agency among students when this method of teaching was approached within the larger context of social justice. Study participants included students taking part in service-learning efforts for literacy and maternal health from Miriam College and Ateneo de Manila University, respectively. Data were gathered and analyzed from observation notes during classroom and field visits, entries from reflection journals of students, and verbatim transcripts from semi-structured interviews of study participants. Findings suggest an explicit and deliberate emphasis on social justice is imperative when a critical understanding of global citizenship is expected out of service-learning. As students were guided to understand the socio-economic and political realities of those in their respective service-learning community and examine their previously held assumptions about poverty, these study participants began to recognize how they continue to benefit from their privilege at the expense of the marginalized and disenfranchised. Furthermore, the relationships formed with those from the community helped the students gain a sense of agency to act on the root causes of social problems even in simple ways through their chosen discipline. These findings have theoretical and practical contributions to growing literature on the use of service-learning for global citizenship education. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01