scholarly journals Desarrollo rural comunitario: experiencia de la Escuela Argentina de Negocios en Zárate, Buenos Aires.

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graciela Gallo
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Community Tourism ◽  
Educational Spaces ◽  
The Relationship

This paper describes the implementation and results analysis of a service learning experience in the rural areas of Zár ate, in the province of Buenos Aires, understanding the proposal as transversal to the university’s main missions: teaching, research and outreach. Grounded on a social responsibility perspective, the project combined service learning criteria and theoreti cal foundations with the key issue of developing community tourism, thus responding to the specific needs of the participating families. Students, teachers and local agents valued the experience in particular, evidencing personal development, a positive ch ange in the relationship with their peers and with others, and a qualitative and quantitative improvement in their personal and group projects. For Escuela Argentina de Negocios (EAN), the experience led to better working links with other institutions, all owing the school to demonstrate a necessary and innovative opening in its relationship with society and with its educational spaces, and reaching the goal of enabling its young students to develop professional competences such as cooperation, self

Empowering corporate social responsibility (CSR): insights from service learning

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 875-894 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miftachul Huda ◽  
Dedi Mulyadi ◽  
April Lia Hananto ◽  
Nasrul Hisyam Nor Muhamad ◽  
Kamarul Shukri Mat Teh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Corporate Responsibility ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Corporate Social

Purpose This paper aims to explore service learning with its insights in empowering corporate responsibility awareness. Attempts to build corporate responsibility widely in incorporating into the sustainability engagement could be demonstrated in fostering the transformative experiential learning with extensive evaluation and reconfiguration of existing programs. The focus on enhancing the learning experience in emphasizing the community engagement would be applied with strengthening the actual performance in encompassing the ability raising awareness about the environmental issues. Design/methodology/approach The approach used in this paper refers to develop the conceptual framework about the service learning with various strategies to give insight on corporate social responsibility (CSR). Incorporating the approach of conceptualizing the basis of service learning, key consideration was generated into particular enhancement of service learning in contributing to the CSR. Findings The finding reveals that getting benefit to serving into the community engagement may take beneficial outcomes with its valuable insight to assist in the progress of program designed with associating to enhance corporate responsibility and sustainability awareness. The advancement of the social control among the companies would be deployed within empowering service learning for CSR where sustainability awareness-based community service as embodiment of CSR should be enhanced through nurturing corporate responsibility-based transformative experiential learning. Moreover, this initiative refers to an attempt to strengthen the basis of corporate responsibility and sustainability awareness-based experiential learning, which could enlarge creative thinking with envisioning sustainability and corporate responsibility. Originality/value This study is expected to contribute to the experiential learning to enhance the sustainability within the learning setting engaged in achieving what to contribute to the environmental concern. In creating the situation where the balance between serving and learning can be achieved, attempts to encourage them in joining the service learning program should be collaborated with orienting both personal and social community oriented comprehensively in underlying the responsibility awareness, the sustainability-based moral values. These aim to enhance the understanding stage about the care for protecting the environmental concern within learning experience with the goal to produce responsible awareness especially by economic agents such as shareholders, managers, regulators and active participants to promote sustainable benefits.

Cooperatives as Responsible and Innovative Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Smart Territories

2017 ◽  
pp. 459-490
Author(s):  
Francisca Castilla-Polo ◽  
Dolores Gallardo-Vázquez ◽  
M. Isabel Sánchez-Hernández ◽  
María del Consuelo Ruiz-Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Olive Oil ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Social Value ◽  
The Other ◽  
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem ◽  
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

Nowadays, and more than never, businesses´ stakeholders are demanding Social Responsibility (SR) and innovation. In this situation, any business is concerned about how to implement social and innovative practices in creating economic and social value at the same time. This chapter analyzes the relationship between SR and innovation in cooperatives. On the one hand, even acknowledging that the degree of implementation of SR is still different in companies, cooperatives seem to be responsible by nature. However, on the other hand, traditionally innovation has been not a visible strength in the cooperative enterprises. The focus is centered on a specific place: the olive oil cooperatives in the south of Spain and we will describe the cooperative entrepreneurial ecosystem created around this territory, demonstrating how SR and innovation are important features related to competitiveness and success. Cooperatives are strategic business models able to foster development in traditional rural areas, so we can define them as an entrepreneurial ecosystem in smart territories.

scholarly journals An Alternative Delivery Method for Service-Learning Projects in Construction Management

10.29007/2t87 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Bond
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Delivery Method ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Service Learning Projects ◽  
Alternative Delivery ◽  
Learning Projects

The benefits of utilizing service-learning projects to facilitate student professional growth and personal development, in addition to supplementing traditional lecture and activity-based classroom education, has created a variety of new pedagogy. Typically, service-learning in Higher Education has been delivered by a capstone, senior project, or elective course providing a formalized structure for faculty to carry out their version of pedagogy. However, not all learning institutions possess the resources or have the support to offer service-learning in their curriculum. For those institutions, there appears to be a void in the available higher education literature suggesting alternative service-learning delivery systems. The purpose of the study was to determine if an all-volunteer campus-based student club managed construction project, utilizing an informal classroom setting, could be an effective alternative delivery method for providing a successful service-learning experience. A post-project student refection’s survey was conducted with an emphasis on the results of the students’ participation goals and perceived development of critical soft skills. The survey findings indicate positive student experiences with data-supported perceptions of enhanced learning and development in teamwork, communications, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. These results suggest that an informal classroom system is a viable methodology for delivering service-learning experiences.

scholarly journals Transforming Learning Spaces on a Budget: Action Research and Service-Learning for Co-Creating Sustainable Spaces

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 418
Author(s):  
Isabel Montiel ◽  
Asunción M. Mayoral ◽  
Jose Navarro-Pedreño ◽  
Silvia Maiques
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Public High Schools ◽  
Learning Spaces ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Learning Space ◽  
Educational Spaces

Transforming learning spaces has become a priority for many schools, not only for implementing emerging methodologies but also for sanitary reasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools struggle to find solutions for the lack of space in order to respect the required safety distance, especially public schools with a very tight budget and many administrative barriers to overcome. From participatory action research, findings confirmed that expanding and refurbishing indoor and outdoor space in many public high schools is urgent. Then, an opportunity emerged to develop a new learning space in one of the high schools in touch with the research team at Miguel Hernandez University working on educational spaces since 2017. This article describes the action research (AR) carried out, its main results regarding needs and deficiencies in public high schools in our surroundings, and a subsequent Service-Learning experience promoted by the research group as a solution for upgrading and extending educational spaces and simultaneously developing students’ soft skills, empowering youth, participation, local partnerships and other sustainable development goals meeting 2030 Agenda.

scholarly journals Limitaciones del aprendizaje-servicio en la formación inicial en actividad físico-deportiva (Limitations of service-learning in initial training in physical activity and sports)

Retos ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 509-517
Author(s):  
María Luisa Santos Pastor ◽  
Laura Cañadas ◽  
Luis Fernando Martínez Muñoz
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Initial Training ◽  
Sports Science ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
High Workload ◽  
Service Learning Projects ◽  
Study Context

El Aprendizaje-Servicio constituye un enfoque innovador que fomenta la participación solidaria del alumnado. Ha mostrado tener beneficios tanto para el aprendizaje como para su desarrollo personal. Aunque no se duda de la potencialidad formativa de los proyectos de Aprendizaje-Servicio, su aplicación presenta limitaciones (dificultades e inconvenientes) que requieren una revisión profunda, con el fin de poder obtener criterios claros para el desarrollo de experiencias de éxito. Por ello, el objetivo de esta investigación es analizar las limitaciones de la implementación de una experiencia de Aprendizaje-Servicio en actividad físico-deportiva en formación inicial. Participaron tres docentes de la asignatura Actividades Físico-Deportivas en el Medio Natural del grado de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y el Deporte de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid y 30 alumnos de segundo curso con participación voluntaria y 61 receptores del servicio. La información se recogió a través de un portafolio del alumnado y entrevistas al alumnado y el diario del docente. Entre las dificultades detectadas en la experiencia destacan: (1) la falta de formación y experiencia del alumnado universitario en lo referente al diseño, intervención y evaluación de proyectos de actividad físico-deportiva; (2) la elevada carga de trabajo tanto para profesorado como para alumnado; y (3) la dificultad para desarrollar acciones coordinadas, tanto entre programas, como entre profesorado y alumnado, como entre el propio alumnado. La limitación de la investigación viene dada por el contexto de estudio y la aplicación de un programa específico de actividad física. Abstract. Service-Learning is an innovative approach that encourages solidarity participation of students, which has shown benefits for students’ learning and their personal development. Although there is no doubt about the formative potential of Service-Learning projects, its application has limitations (difficulties and inconveniences) that require a deep review, in order to draw clear criteria for the development of successful experiences. Therefore, the aim of this research is to analyze the limitations of the implementation of a Service-Learning experience in physical activity and sport in initial training. Three teachers of the subject in Physical Activities and Sports in the Natural Environment of the Physical Activity and Sports Science degree at the Autonomous University of Madrid took part in the study, along with 30 second-year students who voluntarily offered to participate, and 61 service recipients. The information was collected through portfolios and interviews with the students, and with teachers’ logs. Among the difficulties detected in the experience we found: (1) university students’ lack of training and experience with the design, intervention, and assessment of physical activity and sports projects; (2) high workload for both teachers and students; and (3) difficulty to develop coordinated actions among programs, between teachers and students, and among the students themselves. Limitations of this research are represented by the study context and the application of specific programs of physical activity.

Psychological capital as moderator of stress and achievement

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Priyanka . Gautam ◽  
Madhurima . Pradhan
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Psychological Capital ◽  
Stress Reactions ◽  
Government Schools ◽  
Environmental Event ◽  
Future Success ◽  
The Relationship

Stress reactions occur when an environmental event taxes one's ability to cope. Several studies reveal that stress has a direct as well as interaction effect on academic achievement of students. Psychological capital is a resource for personal development with the features of self-reliance while dealing with the challenges (self-efficacy), positive expectations for the future success (optimism), being full of determination (hope), and accomplishment in spite of obstacles (resilience) (Luthans and Youssef, 2004). The purpose of the present study to find out the moderating role of Psychological Capital in the relationship between stress and academic achievement. A sample of 210 students (14- 18 years) was incidentally selected from Government schools in rural areas. Psychological capital scale was developed by researcher. Stress was measured with the help of an inventory by (Tubesing and Tubesing, 1983) which assesses symptoms of physical, emotional and mental stress. An average marks obtained by a student throughout one academic session was used as a measure of academic achievement. Psychological capital was found to be positively correlated with academic achievement and negatively correlated with stress. The results revealed that Psychological capital moderate the relationship between stress and academic achievement. The study implies that psychological capital enhances the capability of students helping them to improve their academic performance.

scholarly journals Introductory Service-Learning Experience: Macau College Students in Ethnic Minority School of Mountain Area in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chinghui Lu ◽  
Ziyan Chen ◽  
Ziyi Yang
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Mountain Areas ◽  
Mountain Area ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Education In China

This paper described how university students from Macau took social responsibility in China through Service-Learning project. It was an introductory experience for the student participants and for the children in the mountain area as well. This study aimed at raising children’s interest in learning and their desire of continuing study. Results were reported in four themes: (1) increasing personal competence of teamwork spirits, leadership and service skills; (2) students’ perception towards poverty issue and education in China rural and mountain areas; (3) having commitment to the next service; (4) realizing that Service-Learning must be a mutual process. This paper also provides an overview of how a living-learning community dedicated itself to community service to educate residents holistically.  

scholarly journals Multiple Pathway for Agricultural Labour Adaptation in a Vietnamese Village under the Context of Revonation

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Thi Minh Khue Nguyen ◽  
Thi Dien Nguyen ◽  
Philippe Lebailly
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
Agricultural Activities ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Mutual Support ◽  
Family Farming ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Household Model ◽  
Multiple Pathway ◽  
The Relationship

The revival of family farming with rural out migration has undisputable contribution for household livelihoods. This paper aimed to figure out the relationship between migration and agricultural labour adaptation in Vietnamese rural areas. Based on qualitative and quantitative analysis, this study showed that migration had complicated impacts on labour management intra-household for sustaining agricultural activities, there is no remarkable agricultural labour deficit created due to internal migration in the meso level. In contrast with reported trend on de-agrarianization due to productive migrants, this paper argued that rural households manage to have multiple pathways to maintain farming. Their strategy is the combination of changing agricultural scheme, renting labour or develop the multi-spacial household rural households in response with this new context of labour loss for migration. The strong commitments and obligations between family members show that the multi-spacial household model is well-functioning with mutual support divided across space.

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Service Learning and Undergraduate Social Work Students' Professional Value Development

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-155
Author(s):  
Denise Levy ◽  
Alisha Edmiston
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Core Values ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Relationship

Service learning has long been used to foster students' personal and professional development and encourage civic engagement. This study explored how service learning affected the development of professional values in undergraduate social work students, with a focus on the core values of the profession outlined by the National Association of Social Workers. Thirty- six students enrolled in a service- learning course with 30 hours of required service in an agency completed a survey at the end of the semester. The majority of respondents reported observing a slight or significant increase for them personally in each of the core values as a result of the service-learning experience. The core values of service and competence increased the most. Working with agency clients and participating in class discussions were the most helpful in the development of all the core values.

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