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Developing employability skills from service-learning experience at Putra Future Classroom (PFC)

Service-learning imposes a practical dissemination of knowledge though hands-on practices and ‘learning-by-doing’. Often, service-learning has been misinterpreted with the concept of volunteerism where service-learning offer the application of theoretical knowledge which learned through traditional...

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Main Authors:	Omar, Muhd Khaizer, Md Khambari, Mas Nida, Ma'rof, Aini Marina, Ismail, Ismi Arif, Tengku Kamalden, Tengku Fadilah, Ab. Jalil, Habibah, Salim, Siti Suria, Abd Rahim, Nur Aira, Alias, Siti Noormi, Mohd Puad, Mohd Hazwan, Muhamad, Mohd Mokhtar, Arshad, Mohd Mursyid
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Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14525/1/14525.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14525/ http://hrmars.com/index.php/papers/detail/IJARBSS/5046
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spelling	my.upm.eprints.145252019-04-08T08:51:34Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14525/ Developing employability skills from service-learning experience at Putra Future Classroom (PFC) Omar, Muhd Khaizer Md Khambari, Mas Nida Ma'rof, Aini Marina Ismail, Ismi Arif Tengku Kamalden, Tengku Fadilah Ab. Jalil, Habibah Salim, Siti Suria Abd Rahim, Nur Aira Alias, Siti Noormi Mohd Puad, Mohd Hazwan Muhamad, Mohd Mokhtar Arshad, Mohd Mursyid Service-learning imposes a practical dissemination of knowledge though hands-on practices and ‘learning-by-doing’. Often, service-learning has been misinterpreted with the concept of volunteerism where service-learning offer the application of theoretical knowledge which learned through traditional classroom then applying knowledge through volunteering work. The blending process of theoretical knowledge and practical learning environment produces meaningful learning experiences and tends to be more effective in remembering and skills-to work. We carried out a case study of 15 postgraduate students who experienced service-learning project at Putra Future Classroom at the Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia. A specific project call “Earth Day” was organized in commemorating the annual earth day celebration around the world. The project involved a children age between four to six years old who experienced numerous activities related to earth day awareness campaign. This article explored narrative feedback through qualitative approach to discover postgraduate students’ experiences of organizing service-learning project and explore the learning experiences from theoretical knowledge learned in the traditional classroom for the course Program Evaluation in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVE5006 and EDU5443). At the end of the service-learning project, the students were asked to answer an open-ended qualitative question disseminated via JotForm, an online questionnaire platform during the process of qualitative data collection. All answers were recorded and later analysed thematically using a two-layer of constant comparative analysis method and triangulated with class assignments, obervations and reflection notes . The findings indicated seven themes that emerged from the analysis. Salient benefits of service-learning project for post graduate learning experiences to enhance their employability skills for the 21st century skills before entering employment market were suggested. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14525/1/14525.pdf Omar, Muhd Khaizer and Md Khambari, Mas Nida and Ma'rof, Aini Marina and Ismail, Ismi Arif and Tengku Kamalden, Tengku Fadilah and Ab. Jalil, Habibah and Salim, Siti Suria and Abd Rahim, Nur Aira and Alias, Siti Noormi and Mohd Puad, Mohd Hazwan and Muhamad, Mohd Mokhtar and Arshad, Mohd Mursyid (2018) Developing employability skills from service-learning experience at Putra Future Classroom (PFC). International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 8 (12). pp. 472-490. ISSN 2222-6990 http://hrmars.com/index.php/papers/detail/IJARBSS/5046 10.6007/IJARBSS/v8-i12/5046
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description	Service-learning imposes a practical dissemination of knowledge though hands-on practices and ‘learning-by-doing’. Often, service-learning has been misinterpreted with the concept of volunteerism where service-learning offer the application of theoretical knowledge which learned through traditional classroom then applying knowledge through volunteering work. The blending process of theoretical knowledge and practical learning environment produces meaningful learning experiences and tends to be more effective in remembering and skills-to work. We carried out a case study of 15 postgraduate students who experienced service-learning project at Putra Future Classroom at the Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia. A specific project call “Earth Day” was organized in commemorating the annual earth day celebration around the world. The project involved a children age between four to six years old who experienced numerous activities related to earth day awareness campaign. This article explored narrative feedback through qualitative approach to discover postgraduate students’ experiences of organizing service-learning project and explore the learning experiences from theoretical knowledge learned in the traditional classroom for the course Program Evaluation in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVE5006 and EDU5443). At the end of the service-learning project, the students were asked to answer an open-ended qualitative question disseminated via JotForm, an online questionnaire platform during the process of qualitative data collection. All answers were recorded and later analysed thematically using a two-layer of constant comparative analysis method and triangulated with class assignments, obervations and reflection notes . The findings indicated seven themes that emerged from the analysis. Salient benefits of service-learning project for post graduate learning experiences to enhance their employability skills for the 21st century skills before entering employment market were suggested.
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author	Omar, Muhd Khaizer Md Khambari, Mas Nida Ma'rof, Aini Marina Ismail, Ismi Arif Tengku Kamalden, Tengku Fadilah Ab. Jalil, Habibah Salim, Siti Suria Abd Rahim, Nur Aira Alias, Siti Noormi Mohd Puad, Mohd Hazwan Muhamad, Mohd Mokhtar Arshad, Mohd Mursyid
spellingShingle	Omar, Muhd Khaizer Md Khambari, Mas Nida Ma'rof, Aini Marina Ismail, Ismi Arif Tengku Kamalden, Tengku Fadilah Ab. Jalil, Habibah Salim, Siti Suria Abd Rahim, Nur Aira Alias, Siti Noormi Mohd Puad, Mohd Hazwan Muhamad, Mohd Mokhtar Arshad, Mohd Mursyid Developing employability skills from service-learning experience at Putra Future Classroom (PFC)
author_facet	Omar, Muhd Khaizer Md Khambari, Mas Nida Ma'rof, Aini Marina Ismail, Ismi Arif Tengku Kamalden, Tengku Fadilah Ab. Jalil, Habibah Salim, Siti Suria Abd Rahim, Nur Aira Alias, Siti Noormi Mohd Puad, Mohd Hazwan Muhamad, Mohd Mokhtar Arshad, Mohd Mursyid
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title	Developing employability skills from service-learning experience at Putra Future Classroom (PFC)
title_short	Developing employability skills from service-learning experience at Putra Future Classroom (PFC)
title_full	Developing employability skills from service-learning experience at Putra Future Classroom (PFC)
title_fullStr	Developing employability skills from service-learning experience at Putra Future Classroom (PFC)
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publisher	Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
publishDate	2018
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