A conceptual framework to understand student volunteerism

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Autor(a) principal: Cunha, Jorge
Data de Publicação: 2019
Outros Autores: Mensing, Rainer, Benneworth, Paul
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/70903
Resumo: This paper develops a conceptual framework to understand the value of an increasing number of university study programmes that send students to the global south to learn through volunteering. We ask what determines the benefit that these activities bring to the host community. To understand this, we conceptualise these activities as student volunteerism and propose a framework to understand the value of these activities based on a previously developed framework for volunteer tourism. We examine a single case study of a minor programme in a Dutch university, exploring how course design and student selection affect student behaviour as an antecedent step to creating student benefits. We identify six kinds of factors that appear to promote 'deeper' (better) contributions and argue that these six factors require further analysis to better realise university contributions to societal development in Global South contexts.
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spelling A conceptual framework to understand student volunteerismStudent volunteerismAcademic volunteeringGlobal southSustainable developmentUniversity engagementKnowledge societySocial SciencesThis paper develops a conceptual framework to understand the value of an increasing number of university study programmes that send students to the global south to learn through volunteering. We ask what determines the benefit that these activities bring to the host community. To understand this, we conceptualise these activities as student volunteerism and propose a framework to understand the value of these activities based on a previously developed framework for volunteer tourism. We examine a single case study of a minor programme in a Dutch university, exploring how course design and student selection affect student behaviour as an antecedent step to creating student benefits. We identify six kinds of factors that appear to promote 'deeper' (better) contributions and argue that these six factors require further analysis to better realise university contributions to societal development in Global South contexts.An earlier version of this paper was presented at the European Higher Education Society conference in Porto, Portugal, September 2017. This work has been supported by COMPETE: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007043 and FCT -Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia within the Project Scope: UID/CEC/00319/2013. The work was also undertaken as part of the "Crossing Borders" First Cycle Minor programme at the University of Twente. The authors would like to thank the host organisation and the interviewees for their candid responses. Any errors or omissions remain the responsibilities of the authors.SpringerUniversidade do MinhoCunha, JorgeMensing, RainerBenneworth, Paul20192019-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/70903eng1358-388310.1007/s11233-018-09012-xhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11233-018-09012-xinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:52:05Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/70903Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:51:07.705675Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A conceptual framework to understand student volunteerism
title A conceptual framework to understand student volunteerism
spellingShingle A conceptual framework to understand student volunteerism
Cunha, Jorge
Student volunteerism
Academic volunteering
Global south
Sustainable development
University engagement
Knowledge society
Social Sciences
title_short A conceptual framework to understand student volunteerism
title_full A conceptual framework to understand student volunteerism
title_fullStr A conceptual framework to understand student volunteerism
title_full_unstemmed A conceptual framework to understand student volunteerism
title_sort A conceptual framework to understand student volunteerism
author Cunha, Jorge
author_facet Cunha, Jorge
Mensing, Rainer
Benneworth, Paul
author_role author
author2 Mensing, Rainer
Benneworth, Paul
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Cunha, Jorge
Mensing, Rainer
Benneworth, Paul
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Student volunteerism
Academic volunteering
Global south
Sustainable development
University engagement
Knowledge society
Social Sciences
topic Student volunteerism
Academic volunteering
Global south
Sustainable development
University engagement
Knowledge society
Social Sciences
description This paper develops a conceptual framework to understand the value of an increasing number of university study programmes that send students to the global south to learn through volunteering. We ask what determines the benefit that these activities bring to the host community. To understand this, we conceptualise these activities as student volunteerism and propose a framework to understand the value of these activities based on a previously developed framework for volunteer tourism. We examine a single case study of a minor programme in a Dutch university, exploring how course design and student selection affect student behaviour as an antecedent step to creating student benefits. We identify six kinds of factors that appear to promote 'deeper' (better) contributions and argue that these six factors require further analysis to better realise university contributions to societal development in Global South contexts.
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