Service- Learning Integration as Pedagogical Strategy for Enhancing Higher Education Students’ Global Citizenship Competencies
Abstract
Purpose of the study: The main purpose of the study was to examine the extent of service-learning integration and the enhancement of global citizenship competencies.
Methodology: Descriptive-correlational research design was employed in this study. Four hundred six (406) respondents from the different institutes of Kolehiyo ng Lungsod ng Dasmarinas, a locally funded higher education institution, were surveyed. Pearson product-moment correlation and stepwise multiple linear regression analysis were used to analyze the collected data.
Main Findings: Results revealed that HEI teachers integrated service-learning approach into instructional materials designing and development, course expectations and learning standards, assessment tools and procedures, classroom management and learning environments, and lesson planning and teaching strategies to a great extent. Direct learning and research-based activities were the dominant service-learning types used for the HEI curricula. Furthermore, the global citizenship competencies indicated a significant relationship with and were influenced by the components of service-learning.
Novelty/Originality of this study: This research provides a theoretical perspective about how service-learning approach influences the acquisition of global citizenship competencies among students, making them more ready and eligible for thriving in the demands of the future.
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