Service Learning ― Cultivating ethical values
Showa’s Service Learning program in which our students are participating, is an experienced-based volunteer project which combines social outreach and self-improvement through learning. With this learning, students can appreciate the current social conditions and problems. It aims to foster positive personal qualities through volunteer activities in a social setting.
Through this experience, they can contribute both locally and to the global community, thus enabling them to experience various ways of thinking and develop a sense of accomplishment through roleplaying with a view to their future career path.
At Showa Women’s University, our affiliated college, the Community Service Learning Center was established in 2006. We invite volunteer students from the center to come to our school as advisers to our students.
| Subjects (I〜IV) | Topics | Activities |
|---|---|---|
| I The Earth / Environment | Afforestation | Grass cutting at a community-based forest |
| II Childcare / Education | Early childhood education | Support for childcare |
| II Childcare / Education | Current situation for childcare after school hours | Assisting with childcare and preparing play equipment |
| III Aged People / Nursing | Interaction with the elderly | Making lunch boxes and helping with their delivery |
| III Aged People / Nursing | Dietary trends for the elderly | Assisting catering for the elderly at nursing homes |
| IV Health Care | Activities with the Japanese Red Cross Society | Assisting general guides / Hygiene products processing |
| V Poverty / Economy | Support for children in low income families in Japan | Help with cooking at food shelters and interacting with children |
| V Poverty / Economy | Food bank | Sorting food aid packages at food banks |
| VI Others | Revitalizing small towns | Cleanup activities at Nihonbashi (Tokyo) |
| VI Others | Current trends in agriculture | Helping with farm work |