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Undergraduate-community engagement: evidence from Uitm Sarawak
Chung, Ellen1, Mathew, Vloreen Nity2.
Undergraduate-Community engagement is a form of experiential education in which
students engage in activities that address human and community needs. In Malaysia, most
undergraduates have at one point or another taken part in community engagement
activities. However, the outcome of participating in community engagement has not been
properly measured. This study was conducted to investigate the benefits undergraduates
gain as a result of community engagement experience, as there is limited studies done in
the Malaysian context. This study adopted Student Community Engagement Benefits
Questionnaire (SCEBQ) by Chung and Coates (2016). SCEBQ has four benefit constructs,
namely career skills, diversity skills, interpersonal skills and civic skills. A total of 143
responses were analysed and results showed that female undergraduates, those who
participated in voluntary projects and respondents between 21 to 23 years old reported
higher mean gains across the four benefit constructs. Nevertheless, these mean gains did
not show any statistically significant difference between gender, community engagement
projects types, except age groups. The study is important as it lays the foundation in the
process of creating a better understanding of what students learn outside the classroom and
it contributes to the practical knowledge of undergraduate-community engagement
experience in the context of Malaysian higher education.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
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