Chung Chi GE Upper-year Course | GECC3230 Service-Learning Programme (Local) 2023-2024
Chung Chi College General Education Upper-Year Course
GECC3230 Service-Learning Programme (Local)
2023/24 Term 1
Objectives
To cultivate a sense of community service in Chung Chi students;
To provide students with opportunities to get in touch with different segments of society, broadening their horizons, and strengthening their critical thinking on social issues; and
To provide students with opportunities to further develop personal growth and enhance social skills through reflective journals, evaluation meetings, and discussions in seminars.
Eligibility
Non-Social Work major students who will promote to Year 3 or above in 2023/2024; OR
Non-Social Work major senior year entrants students who will promote to Year 2 or above in 2023/2024
Language
Cantonese
Quota
28
Schedule
Date
Content
March-May
Pre-service
Team Building, Agency/ Field Visits, Meeting with Service Targets
June-August
Service
Service design and implementation, reflection
September
Post-service
Presentation, Group report, individual reflective essay, and intra-group evaluation form
Service Group
Students will participate in one of the following service groups of 4 team members.
Group
Content
Collaborator
People with Hearing Disability
Service targets are students from P.4 to S.3 with different levels of hearing disability.
The group aims to enhance students’ social skills, communication skills, interpersonal skills, emotional management, and understanding of the community through activity-based learning programmes.
Service will be conducted in Ngau Tau Kok and Mong Kok.
Students are required to serve as volunteers in June, so as to engage the service targets and explore their needs.
SLCO Community Resources
Ethnic Minorities
The group aims to enhance EM children’s interest to learn Chinese through a variety of activities. Students can also explore the needs of youth, women, and families through the service.
Service will be conducted in Jordon.
Students are required to serve as volunteers in June, so as to engage the service targets and explore their needs.
Ultimate United, Hong Kong
Community Bridging
Service targets are residents in Yau Ma Tei district.
The group will conduct visits in the community and interview residents. Other than co-organizing activities to the community, students will also design electronic community maps, recording the remarkable highlights and stories, which enrich the community bonding.
樂地
Scavengers
To know about the recycling system in Hong Kong;
To study scavengers’ daily work in the community;
To examine and discuss the local poverty issues;
To reflect on the value of serving the poverty;
To apply knowledge and skills as well as to care for the grassroots community through service experience
Mission to New Arrivals
Cleaners
To know about the government outsourced cleaning services;
To study cleaners’ daily work in the community;
To examine and discuss the difficulties and working conditions that cleaners are facing;
To reflect on the value of serving the poverty;
To apply knowledge and skills as well as to care for the grassroots community through service experience
Community Farming and Urban-Rural Symbiosis
Service targets are inhabitants of Sheung Shui and CUHK
The group will gain hands-on experience by collecting community foodwaste, making compost, and cultivating. With the taste of urban-rural symbiosis, students will interview stakeholders in the food supply chain in CUHK, so as to plan and practice for a more sustainable edible campus.
Service will be conducted in Sheung Shui and CUHK from early June to late August.
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