Service-Learning in the Context of Business-Community-University Partnership: The Project WeCan in Hong Kong

ABSTRACT

In this chapter, we outline two Service-Learning (SL) subjects implemented in Project WeCan, which represents partnership among the business sector, high schools in the community, and a university in Hong Kong. For the first subject (entitled “Promotion of Children and Adolescent Development”), it focuses on theories and approaches of promoting the development of children and adolescents. For the second subject (entitled “Service Leadership through Serving Children and Families with Special Needs”), it covers the Service Leadership Theory and attributes of effective service leaders. We highlight the attributes of these two subjects and reflect on their implementation before and during COVID-19. Finally, we present several evaluation studies of the impacts of SL projects on the service providers and service recipients under face-to-face service delivery mode and online mode during the pandemic of COVID-19. The evaluation findings suggest that SL under Project WeCan can promote the quality of life of the service providers (i.e., university students) and service recipients (i.e., high school students). © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.