Any activity that involves spending unpaid time doing something that aims to benefit individuals or groups other than or in addition to close relatives, or to benefit the environment.
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International Service-Learning: Study Abroad and Global Citizenship Development in a Post-Disaster Locale
Joellen E. Coryell (Texas State University, USA), Trae Stewart (Texas State University, USA), Zane C. Wubbena (Texas State University, USA), Tereza Cristina Valverde-Poenie (Texas State University, USA), and B. J. Spencer (Texas State University, USA)
Copyright: © 2016
|Pages: 26
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0169-5.ch017
Abstract
International Service-Learning (ISL) is a structured service-learning experience in another country where students learn from interaction, cross-cultural dialogue, and reflection. This humanistic pedagogy was utilized at the University of Canterbury after earthquakes rocked Christchurch, New Zealand (NZ) in 2010 and 2011. The present comparative-case study examined United States (US), European Union (EU), and Kiwi students' transformative learning through working together in a university-based ISL course designed around re-building Christchurch. Data were analyzed through the Kiely's (2005) Transformative Service-Learning Model. The findings of this study contribute new elements to the dimension of the model and argue that the concept of global citizenship may better explain a mixed cohort of international students' service-learning experiences in a post-disaster setting. Implications to the study's findings and recommendations for future research are briefly discussed.