An exploratory study of aspirations for change and their effect on purpose among Catalan university students

Folgueiras, Pilar; Palou, Berta

doi:10.1080/03057240.2018.1433643

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“…In short, S-L represents a new way to developing the values associated with democratic and plural societies, on the basis of the relationship between community service and the specific contents of each degree subject. These trends nowadays have created a momentum to explore the effects of service-learning among young people across Spain because of the expansion of civic engagement, community involvement and service-learning programmes that increasingly focus on social justice rather than charity (Folgueiras et al, 2013; Opazo et al, 2014; Folgueiras and Palou, 2018; Opazo et al, 2018).…”

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Service-learning: A survey of experiences in Spain

Folgueiras

Aramburuzabala

Opazo

et al. 2018

Education, Citizenship and Social

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Service-learning is a teaching methodology that promotes students’ learning through active participation in experiences of community service. This methodology allows students to engage directly with those to whom it offers a needs- and context-adapted service, very often outside the classroom. While there are numerous projects that follow the service-learning methodology, surveys of experiences carried out at higher education level remain scarce. We performed a survey study with 424 undergraduate students participating in service-learning projects in order to identify the type and level of student participation, the skills and competences acquired; the characteristics of services provided; and the levels of satisfaction of students taking part. We found that the students had a positive perception of the effects of their participation; that the skills and competences developed were primarily teamwork, ethical commitment, adapting to new situations and problem-solving; and that the usefulness of the service was mainly in moral development and commitment.

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Service-learning: A survey of experiences in Spain

Folgueiras

Aramburuzabala

Opazo

et al. 2018

Education, Citizenship and Social

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“…A modo de síntesis, cabe señalar lo siguiente: a) la participación ofrece grandes posibilidades de aprendizaje (Mackaway, Winchester, Coulson y Harvey, 2011); b) el ApS es una metodología que la promueve; y c) se deben tener en cuenta los condicionantes que la afectan para poder mejorar tanto el servicio como los aprendizajes. Asimismo, no debemos olvidar el carácter transformador que tiene el ApS, tanto a nivel individual como social (Folgueiras y Palou, 2018).…”

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Los procesos participativos en aprendizaje-servicio

Bertomeu¹,

Amundarain²,

Higuera³

2019

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INTRODUCCIÓN. El presente estudio se centra en los procesos participativos (tipologías, niveles, condicionantes, etc.) de estudiantes universitarios que participan en proyectos de aprendizaje-servicio. El objetivo general es analizar el ejercicio de participación de los estudiantes universitarios que realizan actividades de aprendizaje-servicio. MÉTODO. Para alcanzar esta meta se ha empleado la metodología cualitativa. Los informantes han sido los estudiantes, el profesorado y representantes de entidades sociales. Las técnicas de recogida de información han sido la entrevista en profundidad (al profesorado y a representantes de entidades sociales) y el grupo de discusión (con estudiantes). La técnica de análisis de la información recogida ha sido el análisis de contenido y se ha utilizado la estrategia de la triangulación de técnicas y de informantes. RESULTADOS. Los resultados y la discusión se han organizado en torno a las siguientes dimensiones y subdimensiones: maneras de entender la participación; niveles de participación (participación simple, participación consultiva, participación proyectiva, metaparticipación); condicionantes de la participación de los estudiantes (características de los estudiantes, características de los proyectos, falta de apoyo institucional, comprensión de la metodología, tiempo/distancia, seguimiento, implicación de los otros y tipología de estudios). Entre los resultados destaca que la mayoría de los estudiantes se implica —aunque desde diferentes niveles y momentos— en los proyectos de aprendizaje-servicio seleccionados. DISCUSIÓN. Con respecto a la discusión, destacan los aportes teóricos en torno a las maneras de incrementar y mejorar la participación de los estudiantes en los

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“…One study of 160 Catalan university students found that change-oriented purposes in a turbulent society were considered prosocial; those aiming to change the way people think or solve a problem in an unusual way expected their efforts to produce more benefit to society than engaging more traditional prosocial goals such as community volunteering or helping others in need (Folgueiras & Palou, 2018).…”

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“…These change-oriented exemplars worked to build a pathway not only for themselves but more broadly for their society or culture (Hart & Fegley, 1995; Moran, 2010a). Because change-oriented work often goes against the conventions of the time, self-regulating, self-supporting purpose may be particularly critical to have (Folguieras & Palou, 2018; Moran, 2015a).…”

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“…For example, studies show that advocating for systemic social justice has further reach than direct volunteer work with specific individuals because it is likely to impact a wider variety of people (Dik et al, 2012; Einfeld & Collins, 2008; Folgueiras & Palou, 2018; Moran & Opazo, 2019). However, because reaching people outside one’s in-group usually takes longer, wider reach also can delay feedback on the person’s impact, which can create more uncertainty about the purpose (Moran, 2010a, 2010c, 2017).…”

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Life Purpose in Youth: Turning Potential Into a Lifelong Pursuit of Prosocial Contribution

Moran

2020

Journal for the Education of the Gifted

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Rather than considering human potential in terms of an unrealized desired state, what if we framed it as gaining momentum in worthy long-term pursuits? This conceptual article, integrating ideas and findings from several scholarly literatures, explores how life purpose can serve as a meaningful, intentional guide for individuals, especially youth, to direct their other potentials into prosocial contributions to society. The argument (a) considers life purpose itself as a form of intrapersonal giftedness different from academic giftedness; (b) describes how life purpose could include distinctions of further potentials: coherence among purpose dimensions, influence on different life domains, reach of others impacted by the youths’ contributions, emphasis to change society, and precocious emergence of purpose’s dimensions and distinctions; and (c) muses how life purpose’s directing of other potentials might become a potential that could be realized by all youth.

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An exploratory study of aspirations for change and their effect on purpose among Catalan university students

Cited by 11 publications

References 25 publications

Service-learning: A survey of experiences in Spain

Service-learning: A survey of experiences in Spain

Los procesos participativos en aprendizaje-servicio

Life Purpose in Youth: Turning Potential Into a Lifelong Pursuit of Prosocial Contribution

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