open access

https://doi.org/10.14943/J.HighEdu.19.31

https://hdl.handle.net/2115/56803

The Characteristics of Students Participating in WAVOC Volunteer Project : Through the WAVOC 2009 Survey

日本語

2012-03

北海道大学高等教育推進機構

Journal of Higher Education and Lifelong Learning

19

31-43

Recently, national student surveys related to the assessment of in-class and out-of-class studies have been carried out. The purpose of this article is to examine students’ learning via particular educational practices. This research targeted students who participated in a volunteer activity that was provided by the Hirayama Ikuo Volunteer Centre at Waseda University (WAVOC). Hereafter they will be referred to as WAVOC students. First, I compared WAVOC students with students who participated in national student surveys and examined their campus life. Second, I compared WAVOC students with ordinary students in Waseda University and examined their interactions with their peers, faculty members and others. The main fi nding was that WAVOC students were more involved in out-of-class studies and had more opportunities for interactions with peers, faculty members and others. Thus, participating in such volunteer activity is effective for student learning and development.

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1341-9374

AN10527626