Service-Learning as a New Paradigm in Higher Education of China

Carol Ma Hok-ka, Alfred Chan Cheung-ming, Carol Ma Hok-ka, Alfred Chan Cheung-ming, Alice Liu Cheng, Fanny Mak Mui-fong

• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN:
  9781611862713
• eBook ISBN:
  9781628953206
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

The first reference book to introduce the concept and development of service-learning in China, Service-Learning as a New Paradigm in Higher Education of China provides a full picture of the infusion of service-learning into the Chinese educational system and describes this new teaching experience using case studies, empirical data, and educational and institutional policies within Chinese context. The text demonstrates how students learn outside the classroom through service-learning with valuable feedback and reflection from faculty members and fellow students about the meaning of education in China. Though service-learning was initially developed in the United States, the concept is rooted in Chinese literatures and values. This book will help readers understand how service-learning is being used as a pedagogy with Chinese values and philosophy in Chinese education, filling a niche within the worldwide literature of service-learning.
 

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Preface
• Part 1. Service-Learning and Chinese Higher Education
• Part 2. Disciplinary Perspectives
• Part 3. Exemplary Practices
• Appendix 1. The Office of Service-Learning at Lingnan University: Overview of Service-Learning Pilot Schemes in Universities and Colleges in Mainland China
• Appendix 2. Promoting Service-Learning in China: Questionnaire for Teaching Staff
• Appendix 3. Information on Some of the Service-Learning Units in Tertiary Education Institutions of Asia
• Appendix 4. List of Academic Journals that Encourage Publications on Service-Learning
• About the Contributors