issues and challenges presentation final

7/30/2019 Issues and Challenges Presentation Final

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What is

Community Project (CP)

Community Service (CS)

Community Development(CP)

Civic element

Community Based Learning

(CBL)


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CD

Relations between community project (CP), community services(CS)

and community development(CD)

CP

CS


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Community Development

Changing attitudesof local people

Mobilizing existingskills

Improving network Use communityasset in new

wayThinkingdifferently about

problems

Elements for community development


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Community Development

Improveenvironment

New economicoption

Improveinfrustructure Create Income

Building Physical& Financial

capital

Effects of community development


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Problem Statementsa) A lot of benefits go to community compared to CS

volunteers

b) No controlled in evaluation and progress component

c) Unsystematic activities and place chosen for CS


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Benefits of visited orphans to the volunteers and orphans.

Going tovisited orphans

Volunteers

Orphans

Basic skill onCreate motivation activitiesServed food and drinkDeliver goods

New lessonsEnhance belonging feelingsGet new goods

A lot of benefits go to community compared to

CS volunteers


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No controlled in evaluation and progress

component

Research

ProposalManagement teamActionPost-mortem(a) to the projects members(b) Improvement of project

(c) Impact to the communitySuggestion for next time CS

Post-mortem reports shouldbe a references for next CS.

Process involved in accomplished community service activities


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Unsystematic activities and place chosen

for CS

Going tovisited orphans

Easy networkFamiliar with the places andcommunity

Reasons of going to the same places for community service


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FUTURE CHALLENGES FOR CSa)Produce high quality of graduate as a future leader

b)Decrease gap between university students andcommunity

c)Equal community development


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a) Produce high quality of graduate as a

future leader

Through CS educators aim to help students developacademic skills, personal skills and their sense of civic

responsibility(Cuban & Anderson, 2007)

Improved in interpersonal relationships and skills,such as social relatedness, prosocial attitudes andbehaviors, sense of community, empathy andselflessness (Yates & Youniss, 1996)


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A 1999-2000 survey found that the majority of collegesin the US offer CBL to their students (Moser & Rogers,2005) results in

inter-personal

intra-personal

community benefits

talk about deeper

self-examination reflection on ones values

finding meaning in life


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b)Decrease gap between university

students and community

Samah and Aref (2011)

what extent the local community possesses politicalautonomy in terms of making or influencing decisionson matters related to their social life depends on thedegree of relationship between the community and the

external bodies at higher level such as voluntarybodies


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Research done by Meppem and Gill (1998) claimstudent-community projects results on localdevelopment and strengthening democratic publics

spheres in the region

Martinez (2006) state universities play an importantrole in integration of local and scientific knowledge for

sustainable development


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c)Equal community development

Todara (1994) states that developing nations startsfrom small group of well-organised powerful elites to abroad extent than developed countries are

Yi (2008) reportes that CS play a role to cultivate aspirit of service and address the development needs ofWestern China

People migrate from rural to urban city due to poorquality life, economics and social services(Selvaratnam and Tin, 2001)


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OBJECTIVES To find new approach to improved in the community

service implementation

To enhance the effectiveness of community service inMalaysia


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SUGGESTIONSa)Create an official community service unit in university

Use standard proposal and post-mortem reports

Identified, data collection and grading the potentialplace and activities for CS

Supervised/consulted CS activities-

Checking and approving CS project proposal

Evaluated progress in CS

Challenges

Commitment from management

Students mind sets and attitude


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b)Community services based on expertise of students Example

Challenges Less experience of students to do consultation

Students only focused in their professions

Courses Types of community service

Education Tuition, motivation camp

Economy Consult on entrepreneurship

Agriculture Consult on farming


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c) Contract CS area to universities

This will increase the awareness in management andprogress of community service

It build competitive environment between universities

Phase by phase CS in order to improved CD

Challenges

Perception of community towards university

University preferred to stay or extend their contract in thesame area (comfort zone)


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Conclusion

It is hoped from this study, it helps to a successfulcommunity service activities.

By effective action from government will develop thestudent personal and empowering the community interm of their knowledge, standard of living and skills.

Failed to plan means plan to failed

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