Can Service Learning Foster a Social Responsibility Among Students?—A Didactical Analysis and Empirical Case-Study in Business Education at a German University

Gerholz, Karl-Heinz; Losch, Simone

doi:10.1007/978-3-658-06794-6_30

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“…Thus, from an educational point of view, service learning can be described as a parallel process of service and learning: The service process reflects the problem-solving process based on the community problem given. The learning process refers to the acquirement of skills as well as a development of personal attitudes (Gerholz and Losch, 2015). In the service process, the students define their specified service problem in the CO, they work on it, and in the end, they have a result that ideally improves the community.…”

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“…However, the existing studies are limited because the service learning courses examined show a high variety in terms of how the concept is put into teaching practice and in terms of what kind of learning design patterns are used. These facets are not often taken into consideration in the studies (Gerholz and Losch, 2015). Most studies rely solely on a general comparison between service learning courses and traditional courses.…”

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Effects of learning design patterns in service learning courses

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Klingsieck

2017

Active Learning in Higher Education

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Students participate during service learning courses in a service project, which fits to a community need and has a link to curricular content. Students have a chance while engaged in the service project to apply curricular content in community practice, where they gain insights into civic engagement activities. Empirical studies revealed the effects of service learning, such as its influence on the self-concept, self-efficacy or attitudes to be engaged. However, a lack of research regarding the link between learning design patterns and the effectiveness of service learning can be found. Learning design patterns are teaching or methodical interventions to support the learning and service process of the students. This article presents a study on the experiences of students and charitable organizations in a service learning course concerning the learning design patterns. A mixed-methods design including questionnaires and interviews has been used. Significant effects regarding students' development of their self-efficacy, self-concept and attitude to being engaged were found. The qualitative results provide a deeper understanding of these changes, including the different perspectives from students and from charitable organizations. The results show differences in the learning design patterns perceived and its support for the service and learning process. Keywordsbusiness education, learning design patterns, mixed methods, service learning Conceptualization of service learningService learning is an educational approach combining academic knowledge acquisition with civic engagement (Bringle and Clayton, 2012;Bringle and Hatcher, 1996). It is embedded in the concept

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Effects of learning design patterns in service learning courses

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Klingsieck

2017

Active Learning in Higher Education

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“…It is therefore anchored in several strategic documents, however, not nationally organized. An increasing number of Austrian HEIs have been carrying out service learning courses (Gerholz and Losch, 2015;Resch, 2018). The University of Vienna launched a policy project on service learning in 2015 under the headline of their Third Mission.…”

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Embedding Social Innovation and Service Learning in Higher Education's Third Sector Policy Developments in Austria

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Social innovation in Austrian HEIs is discussed under the headline of their "Third Mission." The HE sector is pressured to have more and more impact on society. Internationally speaking, many countries benefit from national policies and networks in the Third Sector, but policies in Austria were initiated only recently, in 2017, on a national level. Interestingly, the service learning approach as an innovative and socially responsible teaching methodology stands out in Austrian HE. This article classifies the developments of the Third Sector in Austria in the form of a policy brief. Austria has a growing community of practice in social innovation and service learning. The article gives insight into the strategic developments in Austria and is underpinned with recommendable action to be transferred to others.

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“…B. SELEB-Skala) über Eigenentwicklungen bis Fragebögen zur Veranstaltungsevaluation reichen (vgl. dazu Gerholz & Losch 2015).…”

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Jahrbuch der berufs- und wirtschaftspädagogischen Forschung 2020

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Can Service Learning Foster a Social Responsibility Among Students?—A Didactical Analysis and Empirical Case-Study in Business Education at a German University

Cited by 13 publications

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Effects of learning design patterns in service learning courses

Effects of learning design patterns in service learning courses

Embedding Social Innovation and Service Learning in Higher Education's Third Sector Policy Developments in Austria

Jahrbuch der berufs- und wirtschaftspädagogischen Forschung 2020

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