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Examining service learning as an approach to intensify international students’ multicultural understanding

The purpose of this investigation was to identify, examine, and analyse the opinions of four international postgraduate students who embarked on a service-learning project required by the course taken in Semester 2, 2021/2022. It included engaging in community service, connection to their academic e...

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Main Authors: Idrus, Faizah, Abd Halim, Shakirah
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Language:English
English
Published: University of Louisiana at Monroe 2024
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L Education (General)
LG Individual institutions (Asia. Africa)
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spelling my.iium.irep.1074712024-03-19T06:33:58Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/107471/ Examining service learning as an approach to intensify international students’ multicultural understanding Idrus, Faizah Abd Halim, Shakirah L Education (General) LG Individual institutions (Asia. Africa) The purpose of this investigation was to identify, examine, and analyse the opinions of four international postgraduate students who embarked on a service-learning project required by the course taken in Semester 2, 2021/2022. It included engaging in community service, connection to their academic endeavours, reporting the outcomes, critical reflection, and reciprocity. Choral speaking activities were selected as the tool for their engagement with children in the community. The qualitative approach was chosen as the research design, employing in-depth semi-structured interviews. The findings pointed to the beneficial aspects of service-learning which include: (1) enhances multicultural understanding; (2) improves civic involvement; (3) acknowledges that academic work has real-world importance; and (4) promotes language learning as well as reciprocity, that need to be improved. University of Louisiana at Monroe 2024-01-19 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/107471/1/107471_Examining%20service%20learning.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/107471/2/107471_Examining%20service%20learning_SCOPUS.pdf Idrus, Faizah and Abd Halim, Shakirah (2024) Examining service learning as an approach to intensify international students’ multicultural understanding. Journal of International Students, 14 (1). pp. 469-486. ISSN 2162-3104 E-ISSN 2166-3750 https://www.ojed.org/index.php/jis/article/view/5499 10.32674/jis.v15i1.5499
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topic L Education (General)
LG Individual institutions (Asia. Africa)
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LG Individual institutions (Asia. Africa)
Idrus, Faizah
Abd Halim, Shakirah
Examining service learning as an approach to intensify international students’ multicultural understanding
description The purpose of this investigation was to identify, examine, and analyse the opinions of four international postgraduate students who embarked on a service-learning project required by the course taken in Semester 2, 2021/2022. It included engaging in community service, connection to their academic endeavours, reporting the outcomes, critical reflection, and reciprocity. Choral speaking activities were selected as the tool for their engagement with children in the community. The qualitative approach was chosen as the research design, employing in-depth semi-structured interviews. The findings pointed to the beneficial aspects of service-learning which include: (1) enhances multicultural understanding; (2) improves civic involvement; (3) acknowledges that academic work has real-world importance; and (4) promotes language learning as well as reciprocity, that need to be improved.
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publisher University of Louisiana at Monroe
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url http://irep.iium.edu.my/107471/1/107471_Examining%20service%20learning.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/107471/2/107471_Examining%20service%20learning_SCOPUS.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/107471/
https://www.ojed.org/index.php/jis/article/view/5499
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