Capturing pre-service teachers’ development through service-learning

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a Community Service Learning (CSL) program in contributing to pre-service teachers' developmental growth. In this study, 20 TESL undergraduate students carried out a service-learning activity which involved a debate tournament program at a sc...

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Main Authors: Abang Ahmad, Dayang Hartijah, Othman, Moomala, Jahedi, Maryam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Institute for Science, Technology & Education 2016
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55233/
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description This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a Community Service Learning (CSL) program in contributing to pre-service teachers' developmental growth. In this study, 20 TESL undergraduate students carried out a service-learning activity which involved a debate tournament program at a school where they taught and coached debate to 200 school students aged between 13 and 14 years old. With their assistance, these school students gained hands on experience debating. After the program, the pre-service teachers wrote their experience in their reflection log book. A survey was then undertaken to find out how much the program affected the trainee teachers both socially and academically. The analysis of their reflections indicated positive response of the program from everyone. Responses of pre-service teachers in the survey revealed that they have gained much personally, professionally and socially via CSL program. Likewise, the descriptive analysis of the survey provided insights into its benefits to students in general and ESL learners in particular.
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spelling upm-552332018-08-15T00:47:49Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55233/ Capturing pre-service teachers’ development through service-learning Abang Ahmad, Dayang Hartijah Othman, Moomala Jahedi, Maryam This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a Community Service Learning (CSL) program in contributing to pre-service teachers' developmental growth. In this study, 20 TESL undergraduate students carried out a service-learning activity which involved a debate tournament program at a school where they taught and coached debate to 200 school students aged between 13 and 14 years old. With their assistance, these school students gained hands on experience debating. After the program, the pre-service teachers wrote their experience in their reflection log book. A survey was then undertaken to find out how much the program affected the trainee teachers both socially and academically. The analysis of their reflections indicated positive response of the program from everyone. Responses of pre-service teachers in the survey revealed that they have gained much personally, professionally and socially via CSL program. Likewise, the descriptive analysis of the survey provided insights into its benefits to students in general and ESL learners in particular. International Institute for Science, Technology & Education 2016 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55233/1/Capturing%20pre-service%20teachers%E2%80%99%20development%20through%20service-learning.pdf Abang Ahmad, Dayang Hartijah and Othman, Moomala and Jahedi, Maryam (2016) Capturing pre-service teachers’ development through service-learning. Journal of Education and Practice, 7 (23). pp. 103-112. ISSN 2222-1735; ESSN: 2222-288X
spellingShingle Abang Ahmad, Dayang Hartijah
Othman, Moomala
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title Capturing pre-service teachers’ development through service-learning
title_full Capturing pre-service teachers’ development through service-learning
title_fullStr Capturing pre-service teachers’ development through service-learning
title_full_unstemmed Capturing pre-service teachers’ development through service-learning
title_short Capturing pre-service teachers’ development through service-learning
title_sort capturing pre-service teachers’ development through service-learning
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55233/
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