Journal article
Positive Youth Development Service-Learning Opportunity for University Students
Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, Vol.28(4), pp.27-44
2024
Abstract
South African university students (n = 18; aged 21-28) participated in the LifeMatters train-the-trainer (TTT) workshop. Ten trained participants (n = 10; aged 21-23) then implemented the program as youth facilitators at three local schools. The study aimed to describe changes in participants resulting from the TTT and implementation experience. Mixed-methods data were collected via self-report survey instruments (ascertaining self-efficacy, self-esteem, and personal growth), training program experiential review forms, and postimplementation focus groups. Survey data were collected pre-TTT, post-TTT, postimplementation, and follow-up (one month after TTT for nonimplementers). Participants reported improvement in self-efficacy, self-esteem, and personal growth following completion of the TTT workshop and further improvements after the implementation experience. The LifeMatters TTT workshop and implementation experience promoted participants' positive youth development (PYD) factors, personal and professional development, and acquisition of mental skills. Implications of providing students with PYD training and supervised service-learning opportunities are discussed.
Details
- Title
- Positive Youth Development Service-Learning Opportunity for University Students
- Authors
- Daniel Thomas Page (Author) - The University of QueenslandStephanie Hanrahan (Author) - The University of QueenslandLisa Buckley - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Road Safety Research Collaboration
- Publication details
- Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, Vol.28(4), pp.27-44
- Publisher
- University of Georgia, Institute of Higher Education
- Date published
- 2024
- ISSN
- 2164-8212
- Organisation Unit
- Road Safety Research Collaboration; School of Law and Society
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991125705502621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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