Undergraduate-community engagement: Evidence from UiTM Sarawak / Ellen Chung and Vloreen Nity Mathew

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...

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Main Authors:	Ellen, Chung, Mathew, Vloreen Nity
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Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit UiTM (UiTM Press) 2018
Subjects:	Institutions of higher education Student affairs services. Student personnel administration Methods of study
Online Access:	http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/21899/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/21899/1/AJ_ELLEN%20CHUNG%20AJUE%2018.pdf

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spelling	uitm-218992018-10-23T03:42:03Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/21899/ Undergraduate-community engagement: Evidence from UiTM Sarawak / Ellen Chung and Vloreen Nity Mathew Ellen, Chung Mathew, Vloreen Nity Institutions of higher education Student affairs services. Student personnel administration Methods of study 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. Penerbit UiTM (UiTM Press) 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/21899/1/AJ_ELLEN%20CHUNG%20AJUE%2018.pdf Ellen, Chung and Mathew, Vloreen Nity (2018) Undergraduate-community engagement: Evidence from UiTM Sarawak / Ellen Chung and Vloreen Nity Mathew. Asian Journal of University Education (AJUE), 14 (1). pp. 15-36. ISSN 1823-7797
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spellingShingle	Institutions of higher education Student affairs services. Student personnel administration Methods of study Ellen, Chung Mathew, Vloreen Nity Undergraduate-community engagement: Evidence from UiTM Sarawak / Ellen Chung and Vloreen Nity Mathew
description	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.
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title	Undergraduate-community engagement: Evidence from UiTM Sarawak / Ellen Chung and Vloreen Nity Mathew
title_short	Undergraduate-community engagement: Evidence from UiTM Sarawak / Ellen Chung and Vloreen Nity Mathew
title_full	Undergraduate-community engagement: Evidence from UiTM Sarawak / Ellen Chung and Vloreen Nity Mathew
title_fullStr	Undergraduate-community engagement: Evidence from UiTM Sarawak / Ellen Chung and Vloreen Nity Mathew
title_full_unstemmed	Undergraduate-community engagement: Evidence from UiTM Sarawak / Ellen Chung and Vloreen Nity Mathew
title_sort	undergraduate-community engagement: evidence from uitm sarawak / ellen chung and vloreen nity mathew
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Undergraduate-community engagement: Evidence from UiTM Sarawak / Ellen Chung and Vloreen Nity Mathew

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