Serving Children and Adolescents in Need during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evaluation of Service-Learning Subjects with and without Face-to-Face Interaction.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
; 18(4)2021 02 22.
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en Inglés
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1090329
ABSTRACT
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak has posed a great challenge to teaching and learning activities in higher education, particularly for service-learning subjects that involve intensive human interaction. Although service-learning may be transformed to a virtual mode in response to the pandemic, little is known about the impact of this new mode on student learning and well-being. This paper reports a university credit-bearing service-learning subject that involves services toward needy children and adolescents in a non-face-to-face mode under COVID-19 pandemic. We examined the effectiveness of this subject by comparing it with the same subject delivered via a face-to-face mode. Objective outcome evaluation via a pretest-posttest comparison (N = 216) showed that the students who took service-learning subjects with and without face-to-face interaction showed similar positive changes in positive youth development competences, service leadership qualities, and life satisfaction. Subjective outcome evaluation (N = 345) also showed that most students were satisfied with the subject, instructors and benefits regardless of the service mode. The findings highlight the important role of non-face-to-face service learning in promoting college students' positive growth and well-being.
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Enseñanza
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COVID-19
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Aprendizaje
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio experimental
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Estudio pronóstico
Límite:
Adolescente
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Niño
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Humanos
Idioma:
Inglés
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Ijerph18042114
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