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 schoo...
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| Language: | English |
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Journal of Education and Practice
2016
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/34439/1/Capturing%20Pre-Service%20Teachers%E2%80%99%20Development%20through%20Service-Learning%20-%20Copy.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/34439/ https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEP/article/view/32583 |
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| Institution: | Universiti Malaysia Sarawak |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | 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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