| Qualitative Research on Personality Changes of University Students through a Follow-up Program: Teaching Social Service Activity Reflecting the Educational Philosophy of Sogang University |
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Shin-Jae Youh, Jee-sun Lim |
| 추수지도 프로그램을 통한 대학생들의 인성변화에 대한 질적 연구 |
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유신재, 임지선 |
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| Abstract |
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This research investigates the meaning and value of participation of university students in a teaching social service activity. It is conducted in a follow-up program sponsored by the Admissions Office and seek to understand the connection between changes in participants’ personality and the educational philosophy of Sogang University. Four students of the ‘Sogang Arrupe Volunteers Program’ are chosen as study participants. They are analyzed through narrative inquiry, using interviews and reports which the participants wrote, such as a teaching social service activity proposal, self-reflection notes, review reports, and the researchers’ observation notes.
The experiential significance of the volunteer teaching social service activity is investigated in terms of the influence of the human relationships involved, difficulties experienced, opportunities for growth, and the influence of the educational philosophy of Sogang University. The relationships experienced in the course of the activities are investigated in terms of the communication with the children dealt with and ties with co-volunteers. The difficulties which participants experienced become an opportunity to promote group bounding, not a factor of disruption. The investigation confirms that the teaching social service activity provides an opportunity for growth and maturity, whether or not participants recognizes this. It finds, moreover, that educating talented men for the service of others, which is a key element of the educational philosophy of Sogang University, directly or indirectly influenced participants. |
| Key Words:
Admission officer system, follow-up program, personality change, educational philosophy of Sogang University, teaching social service activity, qualitative research |
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