Deep ploughing localized services; expanding international horizons : Collaborative English Teaching Service-Learning Program between Minghsin University of Science and Technology and primary u26 junior high schools

摘要

On the basis of our experience in promoting localized service-learning programs over the past 6 years, our school, in collaboration with local primary and junior high schools, planned a Cooperative Service Learning Program with an emphasis on u22reflectionu22 and u22reciprocityu22 in service learning. This Program was implemented in coordination with a Service-Learning Program (named Professional Ethics) initiated by the Department of Applied Foreign Languages of our school. In practice, college students are dispatched to primary and junior high schools to teach their students English and lead the primary and junior high school students to establish a campus English catchphrases environment. In the meantime, through structured reflective activities, this Program allows both college students and primary and junior high school students to benefit from service learning.The results of this Program include: 1) shared and handed over the experience and resources of colleges and universities in promoting service-learning to primary and junior high schools so as to push ahead the deep ploughing and sustainability of service learning in the local communities; 2) achieved the goal of mutual benefit between service providers and service receivers and assisted in improving the problem of lack of international education resources in remote villages in Hsinchu County so as to realize the spirit of social justice that is emphasized in the concept of service learning; 3) planned diversified and structured service-learning reflective activities for different target groups to allow both college students and primary u26 junior high school students to grow in actual service -learning experience in order to cultivate students’ awareness of social care and civic engagement and inspire students to agree with the concept of service learning so as to make a commitment to turn it into their personal value; 4) organized service-learning teacher training activities to cultivate service-learning seed teachers in primary and junior high schools so as to establish a localized service-learning network and build up a transformative service-learning partnership with local primary and junior high schools.