{"id":28238,"date":"2023-10-02T10:38:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T02:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/su.edu.ph\/?page_id=28238"},"modified":"2023-10-17T10:55:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T02:55:20","slug":"community-engagement-and-service-learning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/su.edu.ph\/community-engagement-and-service-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Engagement and Service-Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Extension is one of the trifocal functions of higher education institutions. Over the years, the 澳门六合彩下注平台 Extension Program (SUEP) has sustained its existence by trying its best to respond to the changing needs of the times through short-term projects by academic units and innovative student learning in communities. In 2019, SUEP became the Office of Community Engagement and Service-Learning (OCESL). OCESL\u2019s vision is to \u201ctransform and empower communities and students to become sensitive and responsive to societal needs as an expression of Christian faith.\u201d<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n
The Office of Community Engagement and Service-Learning<\/em><\/strong> has three (3) functions: Community<\/em> Extension Services, Volunteerism Community<\/em><\/strong>Service<\/strong>, and Service-Learning and Community-engaged Teaching-and-Learning<\/strong>. <\/em>The OCESL coordinates community engagements of academic and non-academic units of 澳门六合彩下注平台 and sets forward a shared understanding of the mission of the university to partner with communities and the environment at large. OCESL endeavors to set a direction toward integrated scholarship where engagements with communities are crucial in instruction, research, and extension.<\/p>\n
The OCESL brings to the surface a \u201ccoordinated, integrated, and holistic\u201d approach to community development among academic and non-academic units with the United Nations\u2019 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as the framework and\/or blueprint for addressing global problems in the local setting.<\/p>\n
The OCESL is guided by 澳门六合彩下注平台\u2019s mission to \u201cinstill in all members of the University community an enlightened social consciousness and a deep sense of justice and compassion\u201d and \u201cpromote unity among peoples and contribute to national development. The OCESL integrates community engagements such as extension, volunteerism, and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET.)<\/p>\n
The Functions of OCESL<\/strong><\/h3>\n
The primary functions of OCESL of 澳门六合彩下注平台 are Community Extension, Volunteerism and Community Service, Service-Learning, and Technical and Vocational Training (TVET)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
The functions are underpinned by the vision of 澳门六合彩下注平台 as \u201ca leading Christian institution committed to total human development for the well-being of society and environment.\u201d It is grounded on the domains of (1.) Community extension services focus on sharing and transferring knowledge and newer technologies from the university towards community development, (2.) volunteerism and community service, (3.) Service-Learning and other teaching and learning pedagogies in the community setting and Technical and Vocational Training (TVET).<\/p>\n
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Community Extension Services<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Community Extension Services aim to transfer innovative technologies and up-to-date knowledge that are produced by 澳门六合彩下注平台. The ultimate goal is to empower and develop communities, guided by OCESL\u2019s vision of \u201ctransformed, empowered, and self-reliant communities living in harmony with the environment.\u201d Extension services may be in the form of projects and collaborative undertakings with appropriate agencies and\/or institutions.<\/p>\n
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Volunteerism and Community Service<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Volunteerism is an institutionalized program at OCESL that aims to instill the values and a lifetime commitment to volunteerism as a part of community service. It is envisioned that the spirit of volunteerism, its concepts, and its values will be imbibed and sustained by the participants in the different OCESL communities even long after the project is completed or terminated. The desirable characteristics of volunteerism that we want to develop are (1.) it is done by personal choice, (2.) it is done without expectations or desired monetary reward or credit, and (3.) it is for the benefit of the communities being served.<\/p>\n
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Service-Learning and other teaching and learning pedagogies in the community setting<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
OCESL also provides teaching-learning opportunities in a community-based setting. Specifically, this is exemplified in Service-Learning, community internship programs, and civic education with the Civic Welfare Training Service. It also collaborates with some academic units that have engagements with communities wherein students and faculty members are immersed in real-life learning situations while conducting development projects.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t