Service-Learning Course Satisfaction and Civic Attitudes and Skills:A Study in the MIS Department of Chung Yuan Christian University
| Autor: | YI-TING CHENG, 鄭怡婷 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 96 Integration of service-learning experiences into higher education has been occurring for decades. Because so much of Information Management course content is skill based, service-learning provides IS professors with an excellent vehicle for teaching course content in a hands-on environment. By doing that, service-learning has the potential to fulfill many goals in Information Management education. It is an excellent way to reflect current business practices, reinforce classroom learning through an experiential activity, and increase the students' skill base. Research generally indicates that students who were doing service learning showed increases on develops problem-solving skills, builds student skill levels, develops leadership skills, and fosters social responsibility. But, from the researcher’s point of view, if students are not satisfied with the service learning courses, they feel discontented whether they increase their civic attitude and skills. This study combines service services with the professional courses to study the effects on course satisfaction, civic attitude and skills. In addition, this study tries to explore different types of service learning courses and gender will affect students’ course satisfaction, civic attitude and skills of influence. Surveying is the research method employed in this study and 308 respondents were received. The research samples are students that study in the MIS department of Chung Yuan Christian University. This study is adopting Partial Least Squares（PLS）to analyze the collected data. The statistic software is SPSS10.0 for Windows and Visual PLS 1.04. The results found that learning about academic field, learning about the community and contributions to the community with course satisfaction have significant influences on students of civic attitudes and skills. Different types of service learning and gender, influence students’ civic attitudes and skills and course satisfaction. The results can provide for the future of schools, teachers can utilize it for design of service learning courses, and enhance the students’ civic attitudes and skills effectively. |
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