Abstract
At The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, a 2-credit General Education subject entitled “Service Leadership” was developed to promote service leadership qualities (including leadership competencies, moral character, and caring disposition) in university students. The subject was piloted in one class with 60 students in the 2012/2013 academic year. Pretest and posttest data utilizing measures of positive youth development, life satisfaction, and service leadership qualities were collected. Positive changes in the program participants were found, particularly for measures in behavioral competence, moral competence, character strengths, general positive youth development qualities, and overall service leadership qualities. The present study provided preliminary support for the effectiveness of the subject in nurturing service leadership qualities of Chinese university students in Hong Kong.
Acknowledgments
The development of the course titled “Service Leadership” and the evaluation study were financially supported by the Victor and William Fung Foundation. We also to thank the Wofoo Foundation for providing a scholarship for the most outstanding student taking this subject.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- A tale of two innovative leadership subjects in Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China
- Review
- Teaching a subject on leadership and intrapersonal development: some personal reflections
- Original Articles
- Leadership and intra-personal development: relevance to Chinese nursing students
- Evaluation of a subject on leadership and intrapersonal development: views of the students based on qualitative evaluation
- Perceptions of a university subject on leadership and intrapersonal development: reflections of the scholarship recipients
- Do university students change after taking a subject on leadership and intrapersonal development?
- Post-course subjective outcome evaluation of a subject on leadership and intrapersonal development for university students in Hong Kong
- Post-lecture subjective outcome evaluation of a university subject on leadership and positive youth development in Hong Kong
- The role of teachers in youth development: reflections of students
- Perceived benefits of a university subject on leadership and intrapersonal development
- Effectiveness of a Chinese positive youth development program: the Project P.A.T.H.S. in Hong Kong
- The relationship between subjective outcome evaluation and objective outcome evaluation findings: evidence from China
- The students were happy, but did they change positively?
- Service leadership education for university students in Hong Kong: subjective outcome evaluation
- Service leadership education for university students in Hong Kong: qualitative evaluation
- Process evaluation of a pilot subject on service leadership for university students in Hong Kong
- Book Reviews
- European yearbook of disability law Mortsel
- Care of the adult with intellectual disability in primary care
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- A tale of two innovative leadership subjects in Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China
- Review
- Teaching a subject on leadership and intrapersonal development: some personal reflections
- Original Articles
- Leadership and intra-personal development: relevance to Chinese nursing students
- Evaluation of a subject on leadership and intrapersonal development: views of the students based on qualitative evaluation
- Perceptions of a university subject on leadership and intrapersonal development: reflections of the scholarship recipients
- Do university students change after taking a subject on leadership and intrapersonal development?
- Post-course subjective outcome evaluation of a subject on leadership and intrapersonal development for university students in Hong Kong
- Post-lecture subjective outcome evaluation of a university subject on leadership and positive youth development in Hong Kong
- The role of teachers in youth development: reflections of students
- Perceived benefits of a university subject on leadership and intrapersonal development
- Effectiveness of a Chinese positive youth development program: the Project P.A.T.H.S. in Hong Kong
- The relationship between subjective outcome evaluation and objective outcome evaluation findings: evidence from China
- The students were happy, but did they change positively?
- Service leadership education for university students in Hong Kong: subjective outcome evaluation
- Service leadership education for university students in Hong Kong: qualitative evaluation
- Process evaluation of a pilot subject on service leadership for university students in Hong Kong
- Book Reviews
- European yearbook of disability law Mortsel
- Care of the adult with intellectual disability in primary care