Objectives:

• To evaluate the impact of service learning on PolyU students. In particular, the project team is interested in the level of attainment of the service learning-specific intended learning outcomes.
• To evaluate the impact of service learning on the recipients of our service learning projects, e.g., the underprivileged communities, our partner agencies and the NGOs.
• To identify and disseminate good practices in planning and delivering of SL subjects that achieve high impact on student learning.
• To formulate the PolyU model of service learning on our experiences and research, especially in the context of the compulsory, credit-bearing nature of service learning at PolyU.
• To benchmark our model of service learning and our service learning programme with international best practices.
• To enable evidence-based improvements to the design and delivery of SL subjects.
• To strengthen the development of academic staff in SL both in PolyU as well as beyond.

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Outcomes & Deliverables:

• Publications & Scholarly Outputs of the “Institution-wide Evaluation and Enhancement of Credit-bearing Service Learning Subjects” Project