Preparing Next-Generation-Citizens through Active-Community-Engagement: Longitudinal Study of Informal Learning in an Asian Undergraduate Residential College

Autor/inn/en	Mukhopadhyay, Kankana; Chang-Koh, Sue; Har, Jie Ren Gerald
Titel	Preparing Next-Generation-Citizens through Active-Community-Engagement: Longitudinal Study of Informal Learning in an Asian Undergraduate Residential College
Quelle	In: Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 31 (2022) 5, S.575-587 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Mukhopadhyay, Kankana) ORCID (Har, Jie Ren Gerald)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0119-5646
DOI	10.1007/s40299-021-00609-2
Schlagwörter	Community Involvement; Citizen Participation; Longitudinal Studies; Informal Education; Undergraduate Students; Residential Institutions; Colleges; Foreign Countries; Asia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Wohnumgebung; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Ausland; Asien
Abstract	Educational experiences rooted in community engagement offer a powerful and effective method by which to prepare students as the next generation of active citizens. This study critically analyzes and illustrates the potential of using community engagement as the focus of an informal curriculum in an Asian university's living-and-learning undergraduate residential college program designed to prepare the next generation of active citizens. Grounded in empirical evidence from four academic years (2013/14-2016/17) and using the active citizenship and community-based learning theoretical frameworks, this research study systematically evaluates the contribution of hands-on community engagement in undergraduate learning and development. Specifically, conceptual codes were derived from the stated informal learning outcomes related to citizenship competencies, to map the extent of achievement of the target outcomes and objectives of the engagement activities over time. Results from this quasi-quantitative content analysis of 89 programs, involving more than 80% of the College students during each academic year, confirm and complicate our understanding of how critical citizenship competencies of awareness, empathy, deeper understanding and hard and soft skills are achieved. Moreover, findings also highlight how perceptions on learning through active community engagement differ between activities/events in shaping the development of active citizenship competencies. The study findings have ramifications for policies related to community-engagement-based learning in higher education. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01