Research purposes: 1. Construct the caring scale in service learning courses. 2. Verify the reliability and validity of caring scale in service learning curriculum.
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.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
483
service learning for university students
Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Taichung, Taiwan
first impression scale of service facility
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.
Time frame: up to 48 month
service-learning experience of scale for caring
Developing and validating the service-learning experience scale for caring in traditional Chinese language. A higher score indicates more caring experiences.
Time frame: up to 48 month
organizational climate for service-learning
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.
Time frame: up to 48 month
idea transformation questionnaire for service-learning
Developing and validating a idea transformation questionnaire after service-learning in traditional Chinese language. A higher score indicates more idea changes.
Time frame: up to 48 month
perceived behavioral control for caring
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.
Time frame: up to 48 month
behavioral intention of caring
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.
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Time frame: up to 48 month
attitude of caring
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.
Time frame: after service-learning activity 1 month
subjective norms
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.
Time frame: after service-learning activity 1 month
selfishness questionnaire
Validating and reliability for selfishness scale in traditional Chinese language. The range score is from 0-48. A higher score indicates more selfishness.
Time frame: after service-learning activity 1 month