ERIC Number: EJ1329754
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-2146-0655
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The Effect of Environmental Volunteer Integrated with Service Learning (EV_SL) to Improve Student's Environment Care Attitudes and Soft Skills
Sumarmi; Wahyuningtyas, Neni; Sahrina, Alfi; Aliman, Muhammad
Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, v12 n1 p168-176 2022
Universities are required to provide graduates with environmental care and soft skills to survive in the globalization era. The universities in Indonesia implemented a special curriculum, called 'Kurikulum Merdeka (Independent Curriculum)', that required students to do volunteering activities to the community or do internships in institutions and companies for two semesters. The research aimed: (1) to determine the effect of the Environmental Volunteer model integrated with Service-learning on students' environmental care attitudes, (2) to determine the effect of the Environmental Volunteer model integrated with Service-learning on students' soft skills. This research was conducted on students of geography education program, Malang State University, Indonesia. The data was collected using observation sheets and test sheets, then analyzed using the independent sample t-test in SPSS version 21. The results showed: 1) there was a significant effect in the Environmental Volunteer integrated with Service-learning on students' environmental care attitudes, 2) there is a significant effect of the Environmental Volunteer integrated with Service-learning on students' soft skills. Student's environmental care attitude and soft skills are important assets in creating future leaders to support sustainable development goals.
Descriptors: Soft Skills, College Students, Service Learning, Volunteers, Conservation (Environment), Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness, Student Attitudes, Sustainable Development
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Indonesia
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