A Conceptual Framework to Understand Student Volunteerism
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| Title: | A Conceptual Framework to Understand Student Volunteerism |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Cunha, Jorge, Mensing, Rainer, Benneworth, Paul |
| Source: | Tertiary Education and Management. Mar 2019 25(1):31-44. |
| Availability: | Springer. Available from: Springer Nature. 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013. Tel: 800-777-4643; Tel: 212-460-1500; Fax: 212-348-4505; e-mail: customerservice@springernature.com; Web site: https://link.springer.com/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 14 |
| Publication Date: | 2019 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Student Volunteers, Study Abroad, College Students, College Programs, Foreign Countries, Curriculum Design, Admission Criteria, Student Behavior, School Community Relationship |
| Geographic Terms: | Netherlands |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11233-018-09012-x |
| ISSN: | 1358-3883 |
| Abstract: | This paper develops a conceptual framework to understand the value of an increasing number of university study programmes that send students to the global south to learn through volunteering. We ask what determines the benefit that these activities bring to the host community. To understand this, we conceptualise these activities as student volunteerism and propose a framework to understand the value of these activities based on a previously developed framework for volunteer tourism. We examine a single case study of a minor programme in a Dutch university, exploring how course design and student selection affect student behaviour as an antecedent step to creating student benefits. We identify six kinds of factors that appear to promote 'deeper' (better) contributions and argue that these six factors require further analysis to better realise university contributions to societal development in Global South contexts. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2019 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1229128 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This paper develops a conceptual framework to understand the value of an increasing number of university study programmes that send students to the global south to learn through volunteering. We ask what determines the benefit that these activities bring to the host community. To understand this, we conceptualise these activities as student volunteerism and propose a framework to understand the value of these activities based on a previously developed framework for volunteer tourism. We examine a single case study of a minor programme in a Dutch university, exploring how course design and student selection affect student behaviour as an antecedent step to creating student benefits. We identify six kinds of factors that appear to promote 'deeper' (better) contributions and argue that these six factors require further analysis to better realise university contributions to societal development in Global South contexts. |
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| ISSN: | 1358-3883 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11233-018-09012-x |
