• ISSN: 2010-0248 (Print)
    • Abbreviated Title: Int. J. Innov.  Manag. Technol.
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    • DOI: 10.18178/IJIMT
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IJIMT 2010 Vol.1(1): 29-34  ISSN: 2010-0248
10.7763/IJIMT.2010.V1.6

Youth-Led Initiative in Community Service-Learning Projects: A Singapore Perspective

Mah Ngee, Lee

Abstract—This paper presents a study of 428 youths who participated in service learning projects in developing countries in South-East Asia, China and India. Using mixed-method approach, this study examined the reasons for their participation in the Youth Expedition Projects and the impact of their service-learning experiences on their civic attitudes and competence skills. Positive outcomes in civic engagement, competence skills, development of sense of self for participants as a whole and in terms of age group are discussed. The author concludes that it is important to make service-learning an explicit training and educational goal in order for educators to facilitate the building of capacities in youths such that they can appreciate the value that service-learning can bring in character development and in shaping early commitment to civic involvement.

Index Terms—volunteer programmes, service-learning, civic attitudes, competence skills

Dr Lee Mah Ngee is with Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia. Tel.:+ (60165109862); fax: +(605) 4661313. E-mail address: leemn@utar.edu.my

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Cite: Mah Ngee, Lee, " Youth-Led Initiative in Community Service-Learning Projects: A Singapore Perspective," International Journal of Innovation, Management and Technology vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 29-34, 2010.

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