Women's Leadership Center, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Mar 30;18(7):3596. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18073596.
Service-learning is a widely adopted educational pedagogy and philosophy. With the support from the Wharf (Holdings) Limited (Group), service-learning was conducted in the "Project " in Hong Kong. Prior to COVID-19, traditional service-learning was implemented with students learning in the classroom and applying their knowledge and skills to the community through providing direct face-to-face service. With the COVID-19 outbreak in the 2019-20 academic year, school lockdown measures appeared. Students had to learn online and to design and implement service offsite. As the impacts of this rapid shift in paradigm remain unknown, this study examined changes in university students using a pretest-posttest design ( = 124) and perceptions of service-learning experience via the subjective outcome evaluation design ( = 192) under COVID-19. The authors also investigated service recipients' ( = 56) satisfaction with service activities they participated in during the pandemic. Both objective outcome evaluation and subjective outcome evaluation findings revealed that service providers (university students) and recipients (secondary school students) experienced benefits from the Project. Findings support the benefits of online service-learning in "Project " even during unprecedented times such as COVID-19.
服务学习是一种广泛采用的教育教学法和理念。在和记黄埔有限公司（集团）的支持下，服务学习在香港的“Project ”中展开。在 COVID-19 之前，传统的服务学习是让学生在课堂上学习，并通过提供直接的面对面服务将他们的知识和技能应用到社区中。在 2019-20 学年 COVID-19 爆发期间，学校采取了封锁措施。学生必须在线学习，并在异地设计和实施服务。由于这种快速转变模式的影响尚不清楚，本研究采用前后测设计（= 124）调查了大学生的变化，并通过主观结果评估设计（= 192）调查了他们对 COVID-19 期间服务学习体验的看法。作者还调查了服务接受者（= 56）对他们在疫情期间参与的服务活动的满意度。客观结果评估和主观结果评估的结果都表明，服务提供者（大学生）和接受者（中学生）都从该项目中受益。研究结果支持在线服务学习在“Project ”中的益处，即使在 COVID-19 等前所未有的时期也是如此。
