Prethodno priopćenje
CHALLENGES OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SERVICE-LEARNING MODEL - THE CASE OF THE COURSE ''FAMILY AND THE PREVENTION OF ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR''
Jasminka Zloković
; Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Rijeci,Odsjek za pedagogiju, Rijeka, Hrvatska
Petra Polić
; Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Rijeci, Odsjek za pedagogiju, Rijeka, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The paper presents a discussion on the challenges faced by the authors when trying to implement the service-learning model into the course ''Family and the prevention of antisocial behavior'' of graduate study in pedagogy in the academic year 2011/2012. The basis for the discussion on the challenges of implementation of this model consists of experiences and reflections of students, their mentors in community organizations, as well as those of the professor and the teaching assistant. Their experiences and reflections were approached with the help of the forms designed for the evaluation of students’ work and the course itself. A valuable framework for understanding specific problems and examining the challenges of the implementation can be found in the work of authors who discuss examples of implementation of this model, as well as in the work of authors who discuss the assumptions and requirements necessary for its successful implementation. All involved in the work on this course (students, their mentors, the professor and the teaching assistant) consider this approach to be useful, both for the development of students’ knowledge and skills, as well as for responding to some of the local community needs and the development of social responsibility. Major challenges are related to some difficulties in the integration of the course content and activities in the community and the lack of institutional, university support in the form of a service-learning center that would facilitate many of the activities necessary for a successful implementation. The experiences in the work on the course provide a valuable opportunity to reflect on some aspects of the course learning, in whose design, implementation and evaluation extra effort needs to be placed to improve the quality of integration of learning and engagement in the community. The authors believe that these considerations might also be useful to other university teachers in the search of new opportunities in improving higher education learning.
Ključne riječi
service-learning; ''Family and the prevention of antisocial behavior''; higher education innovation; upbringing; family
Hrčak ID:
121337
URI
Datum izdavanja:
13.6.2013.
Posjeta: 1.988 *