CARING, SERVICE LEARNING
Conditions
Brief summary
Research purposes: 1. Construct the caring scale in service learning courses. 2. Verify the reliability and validity of caring scale in service learning curriculum.
Detailed description
Background: The core value of healthcare education is caring. However, caring traits are learned and acquired. Service learning advocates learning by doing. Through experience learning, students are guided to learn caring attitude or caring behaviour. Thus, teachers should construct appropriate assessments to understand caring traits as a transformative process from students' learning. Teachers should also adjust the pace of teaching continuously and design appropriate courses to facilitate students' achievement of their learning goals.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALservice learning
service learning for university students
Sponsors
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* undergraduate students after attending a service learning course
Exclusion criteria
* undergraduate students who refuse or are unwilling to participate in service learning courses.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| behavioral intention of caring | up to 48 month | Developing and validating the behavioral intention of caring in traditional Chinese language. The study uses the likert scale with five point scale: agree strongly, agree, neutral, disagree, and disagree strongly. The higher score indicates higher commit for caring behavior in the near future. |
| organizational climate for service-learning | up to 48 month | Developing and validating the organizational climate survey for service-learning in traditional Chinese language. The study uses the likert scale with five point scale: very positive, positive, neutral, negative, and very negative. The more positive feeling is more higher score. |
| idea transformation questionnaire for service-learning | up to 48 month | Developing and validating a idea transformation questionnaire after service-learning in traditional Chinese language. A higher score indicates more idea changes. |
| perceived behavioral control for caring | up to 48 month | Developing and validating the perceived behavioral control for caring in traditional Chinese language. The study uses the likert scale with five point scale: agree strongly, agree, neutral, disagree, and disagree strongly. The higher score indicates higher caring ability. The lower score indicates more difficult/limited to do caring behavior. |
| first impression scale of service facility | up to 48 month | Developing and validating the first impression scale in traditional Chinese language. The study uses the likert scale with five point scale: very positive, positive, neutral, negative, and very negative. The more positive feeling is more higher score. |
| service-learning experience of scale for caring | up to 48 month | Developing and validating the service-learning experience scale for caring in traditional Chinese language. A higher score indicates more caring experiences. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| subjective norms | after service-learning activity 1 month | Personal caring ability is mainly influenced by those important people. The study uses the likert scale with five point scale: very important, important, neutral, unimportant, and very unimportant. The more important feeling is more higher score. |
| selfishness questionnaire | after service-learning activity 1 month | Validating and reliability for selfishness scale in traditional Chinese language. The range score is from 0-48. A higher score indicates more selfishness. |
| attitude of caring | after service-learning activity 1 month | Three items for personal attitude towards caring including cognition, affection and behavior. The score range from 0-15. The higher score means more positive attitude of caring. |
Countries
Taiwan
Outcome results
None listed