Youth-Led Initiative in Community Service-Learning Projects and Their Learning Experience  

作　　者：Lee Mah Ngee 

机构地区：[1]Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kampar, Malaysia

出　　处：《US-China Education Review(A)》2011年第2X期281-288,共8页美中教育评论（A）

摘　　要：This paper presents a study of 428 youths who participated in service-learning projects in developing countries in South-East Asia, China and India. Using mixed-method approach, this study examined the reasons for their participation in the YEP （youth expedition projects） and the impact of their service-learning experiences on their civic attitudes and competence skills. Positive outcomes in civic engagement, competence skills and development of sense of self for participants as a whole and in terms of age group are discussed. The author concludes that it is important to make service-learning an explicit training and educational goal in order for educators to facilitate the building of capacities in youths, so that they can appreciate the value that service-learning can bring in character development and shape early commitment to civic involvement.

关 键 词：volunteer programmes service-learning civic attitudes competence skills 

分 类 号：C916[经济管理] G451[社会学]